On May 7, the World Health Organization (WHO) listed the Chinese-made Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use.
“The addition of this vaccine has the potential to rapidly accelerate COVID-19 vaccine access for countries seeking to protect health workers and populations at risk,” a WHO official said in an online statement.
The news may have come as a surprise to some. China has been criticized for failing to provide sufficient data about its homegrown vaccines, and for attacking vaccines made by US and European pharmaceutical companies with unsubstantiated claims and even conspiracy theories. Research earlier this year pointed to a network of pro-China social media accounts disseminating vaccine disinformation.
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Source: Chinese-made vaccines are being subject to misleading narratives