10 Dec 2020
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On Wednesday, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Ministry of Health and Prevention “officially registered” a COVID-19 vaccine developed by China’s Sinopharm.
Some context: UAE is one of ten countries where Sinopharm has phase III clinical trials of its two COVID-19 vaccines underway.
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