WHO: Working with China on requirements for Covid-19 vaccine approval


Four of the world's eight vaccines that are in the third phase of trials are from China. WHO is now working with China on requirements for international approval of any Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, a senior official has announced. - Reuters

GENEVA/BEIJING, Sept 8 (Reuters): The World Health Organisation is working with China on requirements for international approval of any Chinese Covid-19 vaccine, a senior official said on Monday (Sept 7).

"WHO's office in China and WHO headquarters has been working with the regulatory authorities in China," assistant director-general Mariangela Simao told a briefing in Geneva.

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