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WHO approves China’s Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine
GENEVA, May 7, 2021 (BSS/AFP) – The World Health Organization on Friday approved the Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use — the first Chinese jab to receive the WHO’s green light.
“This afternoon, WHO gave emergency use listing to Sinopharm Beijing’s Covid-19 vaccine, making it the sixth vaccine to receive WHO validation for safety, efficacy and quality,” the UN health agency’s director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference.
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