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WHO gives emergency use listing to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine
The World Health Organization has listed Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, making it the fifth to be given the status meant to expedite countries’ own approval of shots.
Key points:
- Moderna is the fifth COVID vaccine to be added to the list
- The WHO said vaccine diversity was important as the India outbreak caused supply issues
- A decision on whether to also add China’s Sinovac and Sinopharm vaccines to the list will be made in a week
The WHO said it was important to have more vaccines available because of supply problems for other shots in the global COVAX vaccine sharing program.
“The objective is to make medicines, vaccines and diagnostics available as rapidly as possible to address the emergency,” the WHO said in a statement.
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