<span style="color: #222222;">The World Health Organisation has given the go-ahead for emergency use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The mRNA vaccine from the U.S. manufacturer joins vaccines from AstraZeneca, Pfizer-BioNTech and Johnson & Johnson in receiving the WHO's emergency use listing. In a statement, WHO's CEO Stephane Bancel said, similar approvals for China's Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines are expected in the coming days and weeks. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The greenlight for Moderna's vaccine, announced on late yesterday, took many months because of delays that WHO faced in getting data from the manufacturer.</span><br />''  <br />