Covid-19: Reserve boosters for immunocompromised, says WHO

Director-General urges vaccine-makers to prioritise deliveries to Covax

By Reuters

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A nurse in protective gear takes temperature of people waiting to take Cov id-19 vaccine at a health centre in Lagos. — AP
A nurse in protective gear takes temperature of people waiting to take Cov id-19 vaccine at a health centre in Lagos. — AP

Published: Thu 4 Nov 2021, 8:15 PM

The World Health Organisation called on Thursday for vaccine makers to prioritise deliveries of Covid-19 jabs to the Covax dose-sharing facility for poorer countries and said that no more doses should go to countries with more than 40 per cent coverage.

Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General, said that boosters should not be administered except to people who are immunocompromised.


“We continue to call on manufacturers of vaccines that already have WHO Emergency Use Listing to prioritise Covax, not shareholder profit,” he said. The WHO listing of Indian drugmaker Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin on Wednesday contributes to vaccine equity, he added.


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