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WHO expected to review AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on February 8: expert – Metro US

WHO expected to review AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine on February 8: expert

FILE PHOTO: Vial and sryinge are seen in front of
FILE PHOTO: Vial and sryinge are seen in front of displayed AstraZeneca logo

GENEVA (Reuters) – 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.

(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay; editing by Matthias Blamont in Paris)