Philippines approves emergency use of Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine as cases are getting higher and total now at 563,456


A man wearing a protective mask to prevent the spread of the coronavirus walks beside a mural of health workers outside the Mission Hospital in Pasig, Philippines, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. - AP

MANILA, Feb. 22 (Xinhua): The Philippines' Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted the emergency use authorisation (EUA) to China's Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines, FDA Director General Enrique Domingo said on Monday.

"After a thorough and rigorous review of the currently available published and unpublished data by our regulatory and medical experts, the FDA is granting an emergency use authorization to the Covid-19 vaccine of Sinovac," Domingo told a televised press conference.

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