A Statement from the Honourable Terrence Deyalsingh, Minister of Health in response to Sinopharm COVID-19 Vaccine Untruths Port of Spain, 8 May 2021: The Minister of Health strongly condemns the recent unfounded statements made by the UNC Member of Parliament Dr. Roodal Moonilal, on the Sinopharm Beijing COVID-19 vaccine, as the utterances are baseless and not grounded in science or fact. The fact is the COVID-19 Sinopharm Beijing vaccine has undergone a rigorous World Health Organization (WHO) vaccine assessment, which included on-site inspections of the production facility prior to the WHO official approval of the Sinopharm Beijing vaccine for the Emergency Use Listing Procedure (EUL) on May 7