Tokyo, 30 December, /AJMEDIA/
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has approved the emergency use of a new recombinant protein vaccine manufactured by China’s Sinopharm, the health ministry said on Tuesday, AJMEDIA reports citing Xinhua.
In a statement published on its official website, the ministry said “the emergency use of the new vaccine is in full compliance with the regulations and laws for a faster review of licensing procedures.”
The UAE health authority said the protein-based Sinopharm vaccine was approved after strict monitoring and evaluation of the data of the study conducted in the UAE, which included individuals who were previously vaccinated with two doses of the Sinopharm inactivated vaccine.
The protein-based vaccine will be used as a booster jab in the UAE, which has fully vaccinated over 91 percent of its population.