The World Health Organization on Friday announced it granted emergency use listing to Beijing's COVID-19 vaccine, Sinopharm, marking the sixth vaccine in the world health agency's arsenal. The vaccine will be added to the agency's co-led COVAX initiative in an effort to provide vaccines to low- and moderate-income countries worldwide. Previously, a separate group advising WHO on vaccines said it was "very confident" the Sinopharm vaccine protects people ages 18-59. The group said it had a "low level of confidence" in the vaccine’s efficacy for people 60 and over. Its members said they had "very low confidence" in the available data about serious side effects in that age group.

Source: Fox News May 07, 2021 16:18 UTC