China's National Medical Products Administration announced on Saturday it has given provisional approval for the use of Paxlovid, Pfizer Inc.'s oral treatment against COVID-19.
The agency said the pills will be given to adults with symptoms that seem that they could evolve into a riskier case of COVID-19 until the trial is concluded in full.
The vaccine against the virus Pfizer developed with BioNTech Se is currently being examined and considered for approval in China.