VACCINE PRODUCTION A worker inspects a batch of vaccines produced at a Beijing factory built by Sinovac, one of 11 Chinese companies approved to carry out clinical trials of potential coronavirus vaccines, in this photo taken in September 2020. —AFP
GENEVA — Technical experts at the World Health Organization (WHO) will review on April 26 Chinese drugmaker Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine for possible emergency use listing, to be followed by the Sinovac jab on May 3, the agency said on Thursday.
“We would expect a decision a couple of days later,” the WHO said in response to a Reuters query.
So far COVID-19 vaccines made by Pfizer AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson have received a WHO listing — an endorsement of their safety and efficacy that helps to guide countries’ regulatory agencies.