Rate of Covid-19 booster shots outnumbers poor nations' vaccinations: WHO – Asia Newsday

NEW YORK (NYTIMES) Six times more booster shots of coronavirus vaccine are being administered around the world daily than primary doses in low-income countries, the director-general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said Friday (Nov 13), calling the disparity "a scandal that must stop now" . Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, and others at WHO have regularly criticised wealthy nations for hoarding vaccines while lower-income countries do not have enough doses to vaccinate their elderly, front-line health care workers and other high-risk groups. In August, Dr Tedros called for a global moratorium on boosters that he later extended until the end…