According to reports, the World Health Organization (WHO) is in the final stages of reviewing three coronavirus vaccines for international emergency distribution.
Reuters reported On Wednesday, an internal document obtained by newswire indicated that the WHO could give the green light to the inoculations developed for the coming weeks or months Modern, AstraZeneca and Sinopharm and Sinovac from China.
The WHO has already approved the vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech.
According to Reuters, Mariangela Simao, WHO Deputy Director-General for Access to Medicines, Vaccines and Pharmaceuticals, said: “We have 3 more in the final phase that will be evaluated to include them, we have 2 more to present … In total, we have 13. ”
Simao added that the WHO, the public health wing of the United Nations, did not know of any deaths related to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
Emergency approval would allow the organization to begin distributing inoculations to countries around the world, primarily those with lower incomes that have a reduced capacity for widespread medical distribution. The WHO also serves as a health regulatory board for non-independent countries, similar to those in the United States and the United Kingdom, which are able to review the safety and effectiveness of vaccines.
The news comes on the same day as President Biden’s inauguration, which is scheduled to issue a series of executive orders on Wednesday evening that will include the U.S. reinstating the WHO.
Biden and Vice President Harris ’COVID-19 vaccination plan which appears on the White House website includes that the administration, “Restoring our relationship with the World Health Organization immediately, which, while not perfect, is critical to coordinating a global response during a pandemic. ”
Old President Trump
Donald Way: Lil Wayne gets eleven hours of Trump’s pardon Trump grants clemency to more than 100 people, including Bannon Trump hopes to forgive Bannon: reports MORE in July he began the process of withdrawing the country from the WHO after claims that the organization had a bias toward China and that it was slow to respond to the initial outbreak of the virus in the Chinese city of Wuhan.
Withdrawal from the WHO requires one year’s notice. Without any action by Biden, the U.S. would officially leave the international body on July 6.
In a press call with journalists Wednesday, Jeff Zients
Jeff ZientsSlew of Biden orders COVID to include the WHO dam. Biden will sign a series of executive actions during the early hours of the presidency. Biden uses former FDA Commissioner Kessler to lead vaccination efforts MORE, coordinator of Biden’s COVID-19 response said:[Today] a new day begins, a new, different approach to managing the country’s response to the coronavirus crisis. ”
Now, the virus has infected more than 96.6 million people worldwide, with more than 2 million deaths as a result, according to data collected by Johns Hopkins University.