1 January, 2021
The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine becomes the first Covid-19 vaccine to receive emergency use validation from the World Health Organization (WHO).
Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director Generaltweeted that equitable access to the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccines is necessary to be ensured to combat Covid-19.??
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.@WHO issued its first emergency use validation for Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO. We need to ensure equitable access to vaccines to combat #COVID19. https://t.co/K198rTpP5c
— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) December 31, 2020