Tuesday, June 1. WHO grants emergency authorisation to Sinovac vaccine. The World Health Organization (WHO) has approved a vaccine made by Sinovac Biotech for emergency use listing, the second Chinese-produced shot to get its endorsement, a WHO statement said. WHO emergency listing is a signal to national regulators on a product’s safety and efficacy. It would also allow the shot to be included in COVAX, the global programme to provide vaccines mainly for poor countries, which currently faces major supply problems due to India’s suspension of vaccine exports.
Turkey imposes 14-day quarantine for arrivals from eight countries Turkey has announced new travel restrictions for passengers entering the country in a bid to curb the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Under the new measure by the official authorities, passengers departing from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, South Africa, India, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka will be quarantined for 14 days in locations determined by the governorships, according to a statement shared by Turkish Airlines on Tuesday. Passengers who have been to these countries in the last 14 days will also be requested to submit a negative result of the PCR test conducted a maximum of 72 hours before entering Turkey. The flight bans to Brazil and South Africa ended (as of June 1) under this new measure, the national flag carrier stressed.
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