当地时间7日下午,世界卫生组织宣布,由中国医药集团北京生物制品研究所研发的新冠灭活疫苗正式通过世卫组织紧急使用认证。世卫组织总干事谭德塞表示,这是世卫组织认证的第六种安全有效的高质量疫苗,这将扩大“新冠肺炎疫苗实施计划”可以购买的疫苗范围,同时让各国有信心加速其批准过程,以便进口该疫苗并进行接种。此前,已有5种新冠疫苗获世卫组织紧急使用认证,分别是:美国辉瑞制药有限公司和德国生物新技术公司联合研发的新冠疫苗、英国阿斯利康制药公司和牛津大学联合研发的两个版本阿斯利康疫苗、美国强生公司旗下杨森制药公司研发的新冠疫苗以及美国莫德纳公司研发的新冠疫苗。The World Health Organization has approved the COVID-19 vaccine manufactured by China's Sinopharm for emergency use.The announcement was made on Friday by the WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom, making it the sixth vaccine to be given emergency Use Listing by the global health body.世界卫生组织专家表示,有足够的证据证明国药新冠疫苗的安全性,该疫苗预防重症和住院的有效率可达79%。
世卫组织还建议将国药新冠疫苗用于18岁及以上成年人,采用两剂注射、间隔时间为3至4周;不建议设定接种年龄上限,因为初步评估显示,该疫苗对老年人也有保护作用。国药新冠疫苗易于储存,因此非常适用于资源匮乏的环境。它还是第一款携带疫苗瓶监测器的疫苗——疫苗瓶上的标签会因疫苗受热而改变颜色,卫生工作者可由此判断疫苗是否安全可用。WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the Sinopharm shot has also been given approval by the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE), which cleared it for use in those "18 years and older in a two-dose schedule."国药集团中国生物董事长杨晓明在接受CGTN的采访时表示,国药疫苗被世卫组织认可,这表明该疫苗的研发与生产是符合国际标准的。国药疫苗“入世”后将为助力全球抗疫贡献更大力量。他还提到,将扩大新冠疫苗的生产以满足市场的需求。目前,国药疫苗已经在60多个国家和地区被批准注册上市或紧急使用,已经支援了80多个国家,且有超100个国家有计划使用该疫苗。Sinopharm Biotech's chairman, Yang Xiaoming, has promised to increase production to meet demand. In an interview with CGTN he explained that plans to produce 3 billion doses are in the final phase and have involved building new factories and agreeing deals with other countries to produce packaging.“The vaccines have been approved for registration, marketing and emergency use in more than 60 countries and regions, and have helped 80 countries. More than 100 countries plan to use it,” he said.近日,谭德塞表示,全球现在正处于前所未有的卫生危机中,病例数量创历史新高,每周有近10万人死于新冠肺炎,此外还有疫苗危机。
他指出,目前全球已分发超过10亿剂新冠疫苗,但其中超过80%的疫苗被高收入及中高收入国家获得,低收入国家仅有0.3%的疫苗,这是不可接受的,一个分裂的世界无法击败新冠病毒。According to the WHO Director-General, more than 1.1 billion doses of vaccines have been administered worldwide so far, but more than 80 percent of those have been given in high- and upper-middle-income countries. Only 0.3 percent have been distributed in low-income countries.“每周都有1000到2000剂新冠疫苗被浪费……”
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