JAKARTA - The World Health Organization (WHO) has received COVID-19 vaccine data from Pfizer and BioNTech companies and is currently reviewing it for a "possible emergency use list" (EUL), on Wednesday, December 2.
The EUL is a benchmark for countries to certify national use.
Reporting from Antara, Thursday, December 3, referring to the UK regulator, the Medicines and Health Regulatory Agency (MHRA), it said in a statement to Reuters, "WHO together with the MHRA are also discussing the possibility of accessing some information from their assessment, which could speed up the list. WHO emergency use. "
Britain on Wednesday, December 2, approved of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, bypassed the United States and Europe to become the first Western country to officially support a vaccine, which it said would reach the most vulnerable people early next week.
WHO's leading emergency expert, Mike Ryan, welcomed the news, adding, "We can't stop, we need more than 3-4 vaccines."
"We have to boost production, we have to lower prices," he said through a social media event.
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