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WHO approves Sinopharm

May 11 , 2021 1206 days 715 0
  • The World Health Organisation recently approved the Emergency Use of Sinopharm vaccine.
  • Recently, the WHO approved COVID-19 vaccines developed by AstraZeneca, Pfizer, BioNTech, Johnson and Johnson as well.
  • Sinopharm vaccine was developed by China.
  • This is the first time the WHO has given approval to a Chinese vaccine.
  • It is also a sign that Sinopharm vaccine might be allowed to be included in COVAX programme.
  • According to WHO, the efficacy of Sinopharm vaccine is 79%.
  • The other popular Chinese Vaccine is sinovac.

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