The World Health Organization will decide late this month or in May on emergency use listings for Covid-19 vaccines from Sinopharm and Sinovac following an extended review, a WHO European region official said on Thursday.

"We are in touch with them to review the dossiers that have been submitted by both vaccine manufacturers," WHO-Europe vaccination expert Siddhartha Datta told a virtual press conference. "We will be hearing about a decision on the emergency use listing in April or early May, so please keep an eye on that...