Could China’s virus vax go global in an emergency?
China is in talks to have its locally-produced coronavirus vaccines assessed by WHO, as a step toward making them available for international use.
The country has given hundreds of thousands of essential workers, including doctors and other groups considered at high risk, its locally-developed vaccines despite clinical trials not being fully completed.
On Tuesday, a WHO official told an online news conference that China had held preliminary discussions with WHO to have its vaccines included in a list for emergency use.
The emergency use listing procedure allows unlicensed vaccines and treatments to be assessed to expedite their availability in public health emergencies.