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The World Health Organization on Thursday granted emergency validation to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, paving the way for countries worldwide to quickly app<\/a>rove its import and distribution.<\/p>\n

Britain launched its inoculation drive with the US-German vaccine on December 8, with the United States, Canada and EU countries following suit.<\/p>\n

WHO said the Pfizer\/BioNTech vaccine was the first to receive its “emergency validation” since the novel coronavirus first broke out in China a year ago.<\/p>\n

“This is a very positive step towards ensuring global access to COVID-19 vaccines,” said Mariangela Simao, a top WHO official tasked with ensuring access to medicines.<\/p>\n

“But I want to emphasise the need for an even greater global effort to achieve enough vaccine supply to meet the needs of priority populations everywhere,” she said in a statement.<\/p>\n

WHO said its emergency use listing opens the way for regulators in different countries to approve the import and distribution of the vaccine.<\/p>\n

It said it also enables UNICEF, which plays a key logistical role in distributing anti-COVID vaccines, and the Pan-American Health Organization to procure the vaccine for countries that need it.<\/p>\n

WHO convened its own experts and those from around the world to review the data on the Pfizer\/BioNTech vaccine’s “safety, efficacy and quality,” weighing the benefits against the risks.<\/p>\n

“The review found that the vaccine met the must-have criteria for safety and efficacy set out by WHO, and that the benefits of using the vaccine to address COVID-19 offset potential risks,” it said.\n <\/p>\n\n

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