WHO lists Johnson & Johnson single-shot COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use worldwide

(CNN) - The World Health Organization announced Friday it has listed the COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson for emergency use worldwide and for use in its COVAX program.

COVAX, the WHO program coordinating global access to COVID-19 vaccines, has already booked 500 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, in preparation for further WHO guidelines on rollout.

“The COVAX facility has booked 500 million doses of the J&J vaccine,” WHO director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Friday. “We look forward to receiving them as soon as possible. Health care workers and older people all around the world need this vaccine, and COVAX is ready to deliver it.”

This is the first single-dose vaccine to receive WHO emergency use listing and the fourth vaccine to receive this designation overall.

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