GENEVA (Reuters) – Any adverse effects from COVID-19 vaccines is for national authorities to review, a WHO spokeswoman said on Friday, in response to questions on Britain’s regulatory agency warning people with a history of anaphylaxis not to take the Pfizer jab.
“People should not be too anxious,” WHO spokeswoman Margaret Harris told a U.N. briefing in Geneva.
The World Health Organization is reviewing data from phase 3 trials of many COVID-19 vaccine candidates, she said. It has not yet issued emergency use authorisation for any vaccines, but “the primary thing we look at is safety”, she added.
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay and Emma Farge)
