World Vaccine Congress 2021 was held online. Experts named the best drug, the result was published on the event website, says Lenta.Ru.
Due to the pandemic, the event of a worldwide scale was held in a remote format, but this did not prevent the determination of the winner. In the nomination “Best COVID vaccine”, the leader was the drug of the American company Moderna, the Russian vaccine “Sputnik V” and AstraZeneca, a drug of the British-Swedish company, were on the short list.
Forum experts also noted the drug of the American-German consortium Pfizer and BioNTech, the vaccine “received a very high rating.” Unfortunately, the criteria for choosing the best vaccines in the world are not reported on the website of the World Vaccine Congress.
Not so long ago, on April 30, experts from the World Health Organization recommended use the Moderna coronavirus vaccine for the age group of patients 18+. Moderna is the fifth COVID-19 vaccine to receive emergency approval from the organization.
Four vaccines were previously approved by the World Health Organization: two from AstraZeneca, as well as from Pfizer and Janssen. At the same time, in the United States, the use of Moderna was allowed on December 16, a few days later in the European Union. Japan, Great Britain, South Korea, Canada, Israel, Switzerland and other countries have entered into contracts with the manufacturing company for the supply of vaccines. However, it was reported that pharmaceutical company Moderna (USA) will ship fewer doses than planned in the second quarter to the UK and Canada.
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