WHO: Nuvaxovid approved as 10th authorised Covid vaccine

The

has given the green light to a Covid vaccination developed by for emergency use, named Nuvaxovid. The news came only one day after the , the EU's medicines authority, approved Nuvaxovid.

Nuvaxovid was shown to be 90 percent effective in

in two large involving over 45,000 patients, one in the United Kingdom and the other in the United States and Mexico, according to the WHO.

The WHO's

recommended the new vaccine for use in persons over the age of 18 with a in a separate paper. It can be maintained at temperatures between 2 and 8 degrees Celsius in the refrigerator, offering it over mRNA vaccines, which must be kept at ultra-low temperatures.

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