WHO-covid19: Vaccine boosting doses should be delayed

The Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), Tentros Antanom Gebregesous, stated today that boosting doses of Covid-19 should be delayed because priority should be given to increasing vaccination rates in countries where only 1% or 2% of the population has been vaccinated.

"If vaccination rates do not rise globally, stronger coronavirus variants may develop and vaccines for booster vaccination should be given in countries where people have not received the first or second dose," the Center said during a visit. in Budapest.

"In addition, there is a debate about whether the aid doses are effective," the WHO chief told a news conference with Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Sigiarto.

People with vulnerable immune systems should take a booster dose, even though they represent only a small percentage of the population, he added.

The WHO said last week that available data did not indicate the need for booster doses of Covid-19 and that the most vulnerable people around the world should be fully vaccinated before rich countries start boosting doses.

Source: RES-EAP