According to Reuters, a technical committee of the World Health Organization (WHO) will assess the India-made Covaxin shot for approval today, citing a WHO official. The representative went on to say that he expects the WHO to issue a recommendation on the usage of Covaxin within the next 24 hours.
“If all is in place and all goes well and if the committee is satisfied, we would expect a recommendation within the next 24 hours or so,” Margaret Harris told journalists at a UN press briefing.
On April 19, Bharat Biotech, based in Hyderabad, submitted an EOI (Expression of Interest) to the WHO for the vaccine’s Emergency Use Listing (EUL).
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