COVID-19 vaccines under the International Health Regulations – we must use the WHO International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis

The first vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 have now received emergency use authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), European Medicines Agency (EMA) and national authorities in China, India, UK, and Russia; and are rapidly being distributed in more than 30 countries since the end of the 2020. So far vaccines are being used by the respective countries after national approval based on promising efficacy reports and safety data, however, data on some of these vaccines have not yet been published in international peer-reviewed journals.

Source: International Journal of Infectious Diseases - January 19, 2021 Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Eskild Petersen, Daniel Lucey, Lucille Blumberg, Laura D. Kramer, Seif Al-Abri, Shui Shan Lee, Tatiana de Castro Abreu Pinto, Christina W. Obiero, Alfonso J. Rodriguez-Morales, Richard Yapi, Aisha Abubakar, Paul Anantharajah Tambyah, Allison Holmes, Lin H Tags: Editorial Source Type: research