Bahrain approves Chinese Covid vaccine for use

Bahrain has approved the use of China’s Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine (Mark Schiefelbein/AP)

Bahrain said on Sunday that it has approved the use of a Chinese coronavirus vaccine, following its earlier approval of a vaccine made by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech.

Bahrain’s state-run news agency said the Sinopharm vaccine will be made available in the island kingdom off the coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf.