WHO expected to review AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Feb 8: Expert


Reuters | Published: January 26, 2021 18:56:51 | Updated: January 27, 2021 08:56:55


WHO expected to review AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on Feb 8: Expert

The World Health Organization's vaccine advisory panel has tentatively scheduled a review of the Astrazeneca COVID-19 vaccine for February 8, an expert said on Tuesday.

"Reviewing the data from AstraZeneca, and we have tentatively - I have to underline tentatively - scheduled a meeting of SAGE to discuss policy recommendation on February 8th," Joachim Hombach, executive secretary of WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunisation (SAGE), told a news briefing held as it issued recommendations on the use of the Moderna vaccine.

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