The World Health Organisation (WHO) has denied claims that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had influenced the decision by the global body to approve the emergency use of the Sinopharm vaccine.
In response to a question raised by Daily Mirror the WHO said that the Emergency Use Listing (EUL) of the WHO process usually takes two to three months to complete, depending on the quality and availability of the data submitted by the vaccine developers, among other factors and the prequalification process is more complex and thus takes longer.
Sri Lanka had taken the credit for the Chinese Sinopharm vaccine being approved by the WHO.
Presidentâs Spokesman Kingsly Rathnayaka had said earlier that the WHO had approved the vaccine as a result of a discussion President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had with the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus.
ââ¦.as a result of a discussion President Gotabaya Rajapaksa held with the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO) via âZoomâ last Friday, the WHO on the same evening approved the emergency use of the âSinopharm â vaccine,â Rathnayaka had said in a statement.
WHO said that in line with their national regulations and legislation, countries have the autonomy to issue emergency use authorizations for any health product.
âDomestic emergency use authorizations are issued at the discretion of countries and not subject to WHO approval,â the WHO said in an emailed response to Daily Mirror.
WHO added that in emergency situations, such as the current COVID pandemic, and for countries whose regulatory authorities are under-resourced, WHO supports the regulatory process by running independent parallel reviews, usually involving independent experts and experts from regulatory authorities at global level.
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The WHO has recently been accused of may backdoor dealings with China to coverup this pandemic and in the process made a mess of it. China may have been behind with the $$$$.