Coronavirus Bahrain approves Chinese COVID-19 vaccine for use


Source: thehindu.com thehindu.com

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Over 7,700 signed up to take part in a trial of the Sinopharm vaccine in the kingdom Bahrain said on Sunday it approved the use of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine, following its earlier approval of a vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech. Separately, Kuwait has granted emergency use for the Pfizer vaccine. Bahrain’s state-run news agency said the Sinopharm vaccine would be available in the island kingdom off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf. It offered few details though on study results of the vaccine, in line with the United Arab Emirates, which last...