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Posted by : Aahil Shaik
Monday, December 14, 2020
Kuwait approves Emergency-use of Pfizer Covid-19 Vaccine
The Ministry of Health in Kuwait has approved the emergency use of Pfizer-BioNTech Corona virus vaccine confirmed the ministry official of the country.
The Assistant undersecretary of Pharmaceutical and Food Supervision Dr. Abdullah Al Bader said that a joint committee of the medicine registration and supervision department and the public health department for the evaluation and registration of vaccines approved the emergency use of the vaccine. Trending : Bahrain and UAE approves China's Sinopharm corona vaccine
- The committee's decision followed after a review of the safety and quality specifications of the corona vaccine. The committee reviewed results of clinical trials.
- Bader highlighted that the health ministry will closely monitor the safety of the vaccine following its use to make sure the wellbeing of the public. See Also : Saudi Food and Drug Authority reveals the number of doses required of Corona vaccine
- By December 13, Kuwait has reported 146,218 Corona cases with 142,094 recoveries and 911 deaths.