UAE grants emergency use of Chinese state-owned Sinopham's COVID-19 vaccine

As per latest Twitter post of National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Manment Authority (NCEMA), UAE (United Arab Emirates) has granted emergency use of COVID-19 vaccine. vaccine approved for use is still under its human phase trials. This COVID vaccine me by Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical company Sipham will be me available for frontline workers as y are on high risk of being exposed to virus. 

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UAE grants emergency use of COVID vaccine 

On September 15, NCEMA anunced that UAE authorities have authorised use of Sipham COVID-19 vaccine. This anuncement came after UAE recorded a sudden spike in positive Coronavirus cases. Until country has recorded 80,266 COVID cases out of which 69,981 people have recovered successfully while 399 died.

As of w, re are over 9,800 active Coronavirus cases in United Arab Emirates.  COVID-19 vaccine which has been granted approval for emergency use in UAE gained approval for trails in late June and it passed its phase I and II trials with 100% success. So far 31,000 people have volunteered for Chinese Sipham's COVID-19 vaccine. 

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