The World Health Organisation on Friday has added another Covid 19 vaccine to the list for emergency use. The fifth vaccine to be added is Moderna Covid 19 vaccine.
WHO Approves SAGE Developed Covid 19 Vaccine For Emergency Use
Back in December last year, the US Food and Drug Administration issued an emergency authorization of the Modern Vaccine. The European Medicines Agency granted it a marketing authorization that was valid throughout the European Union in January this year.
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Before being added to the WHO Emergency Use Listing (EUL), the Modern Vaccine was already being review by the WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation (SAGE) which recommends vaccines for use in populations.
The Modern Covid 19 vaccine is an mNRA based vaccine developed by the SAGE. It is said to have an efficacy of 94.1 percent. They have further recommended the vaccine for all groups above the age of 18 years.
WHO’s EUL procedure checks the last phase II and phase III of the clinical trial along with the substantial additional data regarding the quality, safety, efficacy, and risk management plan for the Covid 19 vaccines.
In addition to the Moderna vaccine, the WHO has previously approved Pfizer/BioNTech, Serum Institute of India, Janssen vaccines, and AstraZeneca-SK Bio for EUL.
Brazil Shows Lesser Hospitalization: WHO
As per the latest updates, WHO reported that the Covid 19 cases in Brazil have shown a decline in the past four weeks. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreysus said that from the past four weeks, Brazil has shown a decline in the Covid 19 cases. He said that hospitalizations and deaths have also decreased. And they hope that this continues.
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However, the situation is the country is still alarming as the country recently reported over 400,000 Covid 19 deaths after the United States of America.
