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WHO approves emergency use of Indian coronavirus vaccine Covaxin

World Health Organization (WHO) today approved the emergency use of the Covaxin anticovid vaccine, produced by Indian laboratories Bharat Biotech, the seventh to achieve this approval from the Geneva-based agency.

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The Indian vaccine thus enters the portfolio of the WHO, which until now included those made by Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, AstraZeneca, Sinovac and Sinopharm.

The emergency use approval gives these vaccines the possibility of entering the COVAX program, created by the WHO in cooperation with other agencies to distribute low-cost and equitable doses of vaccines against the COVID-19 all over the world.

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As in the previous cases, a group of technical advisers from the WHO examined the quality, efficacy and safety standards of the vaccine, developed based on inactivated versions of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, causing del COVID-19.

This vaccine is 78% effective, and the WHO recommends administering it in two doses, at least two weeks apart between the first and second.

According to the organization it is “Extremely suitable for low- and middle-income countries because of its ease of storage.”

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