BBC: The WHO on Friday said it had validated the "safety, efficacy and quality" of the Sinopharm jab.

WHO: (The vaccine) has the potential to rapidly accelerate Covid-19 vaccine access for countries seeking to protect health workers and populations at risk.

BBC: WHO had previously only approved the vaccines made by Pfizer, AstraZeneca, Johnson & Johnson and Moderna.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus: (WHO approval will give) confidence to (countries to) expedite their own regulatory approval.

Doesn't give me confidence. Even the Chinese don't have confidence in their own vaccines, saying recently that they lack efficacy and need further development. (see earlier post)

This is all about money and off-loading dud vaccines onto developing countries.

As mentioned before, low-efficacy vaccines being used in countries with high infection rates is a recipe for disaster. The only result with be to produce more virulent variants.

The good news (for vac producers) is that this will ensure that the whole vaccine circus becomes a permanent industry.