After the United Kingdom, Canada and Saudi Arabia, the United States also allowed the use of the Corona vaccine in Pfizer and Biotech.
The American medicine company Pfizer and the German company BioNTech released the results of their vaccine test in mid-November, claiming that the vaccine is up to 95% safe from corona.
The UK became the first country to allow the use of the vaccine on December 2 after the results were released, and the first dose of the vaccine was given to the general public on December 8.
After the United Kingdom, Canada approved the use of the vaccine on December 9, and the first dose of the vaccine will be used there soon.
After Canada, on December 10, the Islamic country of Saudi Arabia also approved the use of the vaccine and announced that the use of the vaccine will begin in the next few days.
And now the United States has approved the use of the Pfizer and Biotech vaccines.
The Associated Press (AP) reported that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the use of the vaccine until the night of December 11.
The vaccine could soon be used in the United States on an emergency basis after FDA approval.
US President Donald Trump also congratulated the nation in his video message on the approval of the use of the vaccine.
Donald Trump said that approving the use of vaccines is a great achievement and will help fight the epidemic.
The United States, like many other countries, has already placed an advance order on the supply of vaccines to Pfizer and BioNTech, and soon medicine companies will supply limited stock to the United States.
With the United States approving the use of the vaccine, it is now thought that many countries will also approve the use of the vaccine, as most countries recognize the decisions of the US Food and Drug Regulatory Authority.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 12, 2020
The day before, the United Nations (UN) had expressed concern over the approval of vaccine use by various countries and their acquisition of vaccine stocks.
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said in a statement that “vaccine nationalism is spreading rapidly” while the world’s poorest people are waiting for the corona vaccine to be developed. Is restricted.
In a statement issued on December 11, Antonio Guterres stressed to the world that every country has the right to access vaccines.
He also appealed for world 4.2 billion in funding over the next two months for the World Health Organization’s (WHO) COVEX program.