BRUSSELS- The head of the European Medicines Agency (EMA) on Tuesday said that it could soon approve the COVID-19 vaccine developed by U.S. biotech company Novavax.

"The vaccine from Novavax could be authorised in the very near future," Emma Cooke told EU health ministers during a public session of a meeting in Brussels.

(Reporting by Francesco Guarascio Editing by David Goodman ) ((Francesco.Guarascio@thomsonreuters.com;))