The World Health Organization on Thursday, December 31 granted its first emergency approval since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic to the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, thereby easing the path for countries wishing to use the vaccine quickly, a statement said. from the UN agency.
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This is a very positive step in ensuring universal access to anti-Covid-19 vaccines
," explained Mariangela Simao, director in charge of access to medicines at the WHO, quoted in the
press
release.