WHO urges COVID vaccine booster moratorium until 2022 The Online Citizen Asia


Source: theonlinecitizen.com theonlinecitizen.com

Key Topics in this News Article:

News Snapshot:

The World Health Organization called on Wednesday for countries to avoid giving out extra COVID jabs until year-end, pointing to the millions worldwide who have yet to receive a single dose. “I will not stay silent when the companies and countries that control the global supply of vaccines think the world’s poor should be satisfied with leftovers,” WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told journalists. Speaking from WHO’s headquarters in Geneva, Tedros urged wealthy countries and vaccine makers to prioritise getting the first jabs to health workers and vulnerable populations in poorer nations over boosters. “We do not want to see...