Thailand approves Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine

BANGKOK: Thailand has granted emergency authorisation to Janssen, the single-dose coronavirus vaccine of Johnson & Johnson, the country's health minister said on Thursday, the third vaccine to be cleared for local use.

Anutin Charnvirankul told reporters the food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the vaccine, in addition to those of AstraZeneca and Sinovac Biotech, which have already been administered in the country. J&J's vaccine is called COVID Vaccine Janssen after the J&J unit that developed it.