Philippines approves emergency use of Sinovac’s Covid vaccine

China's Sinovac Biotech is the third vaccine maker that was given the green light by the FDA, Xinhua reported.

Manila: The Philippines has officially approved the emergency use of China’s Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine, the country’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday.

China’s Sinovac Biotech is the third vaccine maker that was given the green light by the FDA, Xinhua reported.

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The FDA also granted last month emergency authorization to the coronavirus vaccines made by US pharmaceutical firm Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech, and those by the University of Oxford/AstraZeneca.