WHO emergency COVID-19 vaccine listing aims to lift access in poor countries

By John Miller
  • World

  • Friday, 01 Jan 2021

FILE PHOTO A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization WHO during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus outbreak in Geneva Switzerland February 6 2020. REUTERSDenis Balibouse

FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured outside a building of the World Health Organization (WHO) during an executive board meeting on update on the coronavirus outbreak, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 6, 2020. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse

ZURICH (Reuters) - The World Health Organization on Thursday listed Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, in a move seeking to speed access in the developing world.

The United Nations health agency said it will work with regional partners to tell national health authorities about the two-dose shot and its anticipated benefits.

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