UAE approves Chinese coronavirus vaccine for emergency use

 UAE has approved a Chinese coronavirus vaccine for emergency use for health workers, its top crisis authority announced Monday.

“The vaccine will be available to our first line of defense heroes who are at the highest risk of contracting the virus,” tweeted the UAE’s National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority.

31,000 volunteers have  participated in clinical trials of the vaccine, among them 1,000 volunteers are with chronic diseases. Phase three trials of the vaccine are ongoing, but the agency said that no unexpected side effects had been detected thus far.

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The phase three trials, which began in the Gulf country of 10 million in July, are for the Covid-19 vaccine developed by Chinese state-owned pharmaceutical company Sinopham. NCEMA said that emergency use for  health workers was approved after a set of standards was met and the clinical trials on the 31,000 volunteers were complete. The agency informed mild side effects on volunteers like a sore throat, but emphasized a lack of serious side effects.