Exclusive: Pakistan approves Chinese CanSinobio COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use - health minister

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Exclusive: Pakistan approves Chinese CanSinobio COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use - health minister Feb 12, 2021 | World ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has approved China's CanSinoBio COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use, Health Minister Faisal Sultan said on Friday. "Yes, Correct," Sultan texted Reuters after being asked to confirm that the country's Drug Regulation Authority had met and approved the vaccine. CanSinoBIO last week released interim efficacy results of a multi-country trial, which included Pakistan, showing 65.7% efficacy in preventing symptomatic coronavirus cases and a 90.98% success rate in stopping severe infections. (Reporting by Asif Shahzad; editing by John Stonestreet) More…

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