Sharjah24 – Reuters: The World Health Organization (WHO) hopes to convene a meeting in about three weeks' time on guidelines for COVID-19 antiviral pills, an official at the agency.
Janet Diaz, the WHO's top official for clinical care responses, said that a meeting of its guidelines development group would consider the question of COVID pills in a forthcoming meeting.
During the weekly briefing, the WHO's Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus also said the COVAX vaccine distribution programme had shipped almost 500 million vaccines to 144 countries and territories.
Discussions are also advancing on a potential emergency use listing for Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine, WHO assistant director general Mariangela Simao said, adding that further inspections were required. "The process is moving again which is very good news," she said.
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