Bahrain Also Grants Emergency Use Authorization for Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine

Second in the world after England

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[Asia Economy New York=Correspondent Baek Jong-min] Bahrain on the 4th (local time) granted emergency use authorization for Pfizer-BioNTech's novel coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine. Bahrain became the second country to approve the Pfizer vaccine after the United Kingdom.

According to the Associated Press, the state-run Bahrain News Agency (BNA) announced this on the night of the same day, explaining that the authorities' approval of the vaccine use was based on a "thorough analysis and review of all available data."

Bahrain had previously approved the emergency use of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by the Chinese pharmaceutical company Sinopharm for healthcare workers last month.

The UK government on the 2nd became the first in the world to grant emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.