Used in Argentina: WHO approves emergency use of Chinese vaccine Sinopharm

GENEVA.- The World Health Organization (WHO) today approved the emergency use of China’s Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine -which is applied in Argentina-, the Friday that he authorizes after having checked that he complies required safety, efficacy and safety criteria.

The expert advisory group on immunization which advises WHO on this issue reviewed the scientific information submitted by the Chinese producer and recommended to the organization’s Managing Director, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who proceeds to its approval in persons over 18 years of age to have a new tool to stop the pandemic.

The vaccine, one of the two main Chinese injections already given to hundreds of millions of people in China and abroad, becomes the first against Covid-19 developed by a non-Western country to win the support of the WHO.

Too First WHO approves emergency use of Chinese vaccine against infectious disease.

This approval will allow the Covax platform for equitable access to vaccines to start negotiations with the company Sinopharm to acquire its vaccines and distribute them. among countries that do not have access to it.

WHO has given emergency approval to Covid-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer-BioNTech; the two AstraZeneca vaccines manufactured in India and South Korea (considered by WHO to be separate approvals, even though the product was identical); Johnson & Johnson and, last week, Moderna.

Discussions to standardize a second Chinese vaccine, the Sinovaccontinue their course, according to agency sources. Another Sinopharm vaccine – in this case made in Wuhan – is also being considered for approval by the WHO.

This week, the governments of Argentina and China reached an agreement for the local production of the Sinopharm vaccine against the coronavirus. This was confirmed by the ambassador of this country after a meeting with the Minister of Health Carla Vizzotti.

The Chinese Embassy in Argentina, as always, will support the joint effort of the two countries to deal with the pandemic and assist Sinopharm in its close collaboration with the country, to increase the China-Argentina response to the emergency. health “, Ambassador Said Zou Xiaoli.

Reuters and AFP agencies

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