WHO lists Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for emergency use

The World Health Organization (WHO) has listed Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use.

This is one of the crucial steps to make the vaccine more readily available in developing nations.

Issuing a statement on Thursday, WHO said that this opens the door for countries to expedite their own regulatory approval processes to import and administer the vaccine.

According to the WHO, Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine met its safety requirements and its benefits outweighed any potential risks.

The vaccine is already being administered in several countries, including the United States, Canada, Qatar, Bahrain and Mexico.

The human rights groups have been raising concerns about richer countries “hoarding” vaccines.

News source: Aljazeera