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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]

Which vaccine received emergency use validation from World Health Organization?

A	Pfizer-BioNTech
B	Oxford-AstraZeneca
C	Moderna
D	Sputnik V

Explanation:

Detailed explanation-1: -The World Health Organization (WHO) today listed the Comirnaty COVID-19 mRNA vaccine for emergency use, making the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine the first to receive emergency validation from WHO since the outbreak began a year ago.

Detailed explanation-2: -The WHO Emergency Use Listing Procedure (EUL) is a risk-based procedure for assessing and listing unlicensed vaccines, therapeutics and in vitro diagnostics with the ultimate aim of expediting the availability of these products to people affected by a public health emergency.

Detailed explanation-3: -GEMCOVAC-19 is the very first mRNA vaccine developed in India and only third mRNA vaccine to be approved for COVID-19 in the world.

Detailed explanation-4: -WHO’s EUL procedure assesses the quality, safety and efficacy of COVID-19 vaccines as a prerequisite for COVAX vaccine supply. It also allows countries to expedite their own regulatory approval to import and administer COVID-19 vaccines.

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