WHO chief calls for worldwide pause on vaccine boosters until 2022

Thursday, 9 September 2021Newsdesk

World Health Organization head Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has pushed for a global halt on Covid vaccine booster shots until next year, arguing the extra doses should go to low-income nations and not to “healthy” vaccinated people.

New Delhi, 09 September 2021

“I’m calling for an extension of the [booster] moratorium until at least the end of the year, to enable every country to vaccinate at least 40% of its population,” Tedros said at a Wednesday briefing. He added that while nearly all of the wealthier countries had reached the 10% vaccination threshold, and some two-thirds hit the 40% mark, “Not a single low-income country has reached either target.” As per news report of Rt.com, the WHO chief acknowledged that there might be a need to administer additional doses to people with compromised immune systems or who are “no longer producing antibodies,” but insisted that, for now, boosters should not be given to those who are relatively healthy and already vaccinated.

Source - rt.com