WHO says emergency authorisation of COVID-19 vaccines needs great care

Amidst COVID-19 pandemic, a vaccine is being desperately sought by countries across globe. While every country has right to approve drugs such as a potential COVID vaccine without completion of full trials, World Health Organisation has stated that great care must be taken and untested drugs and vaccines should t be approved lightly.

World must tre lightly: WHO

According to reports, se remarks came from WHO chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan who was speaking at a news conference following anuncement by he of U.S. Food and Drug ministration that he would be open to bypassing rmal approval procedures for a COVID-19 vaccine.

Last month, Russia anunced world’s first COVID vaccine, but final human trials are still underway. Countries like Iran have claimed that y wish to wait for opinion of international community and approval of World Health Organisation before entering negotiations with Russia for ir prospective vaccine.

Countries must re-open with care: WHO

Meanwhile, WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus in a recent statement said that countries that are planning to re-open should ensure y have full control of virus. He ded that re-opening one’s country in a reckless manner was a ‘recipe for disaster’ and can jeopardise all effort y have me and force m back into a lockdown.

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WHO chief furr ded that dely coronavirus thrived when world was divided and it could only be defeated if world put up a united front.

COVID-19 pandemic which saw its first outbreak in a wet market in Wuhan, China last year has w spre all across world. virus, named COVID-19 by World Health Organisation, has infected over 25 million people worldwide with global death toll reaching over 800,000.

As per John Hopkins coronavirus resource centre, United States has reported a total of at least 6 million positive virus cases and has a death toll of 183,601. US currently has highest number of reported cases in world, making it epicentre of dely virus.

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