New Delhi: World Health Organization (WHO) has warned countries against the widespread use of booster shots of COVID vaccines, saying it will not bring a definitive end to the global pandemic, but will prolong it, as continuing vaccine inequality allows the virus to spread and mutate across countries. More opportunities to do may help. With poor vaccination coverage.
“No country can pave the way out of the pandemic and boosters cannot be seen as a ticket to proceed with planned celebrations without the need for other precautions,” the WHO director-general said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
WHO strategy Advisor The Group of Experts on Immunization has also issued interim guidance on booster doses, raising concerns that large programs in countries that have the capacity to afford them will exacerbate vaccine inequality. It concluded that the focus of vaccination should be on reducing deaths and serious illness.
Currently, 20% of all vaccine doses administered are being given as booster or additional doses, tedros said. “Blanket booster programs can prolong epidemics by diverting supplies to countries that already have high levels of vaccination coverage, giving the virus more opportunity to spread and mutate,” he said.
He said priority countries should be to vaccinate 40% of their population as soon as possible, and 70% by mid-2222. Extended people. ,
Tedros said that even with improved supplies globally, estimates suggest that supply should be sufficient to vaccinate the entire global adult population and give boosters to high-risk populations by the first quarter of 2022. However, only later in 2022 will the supply be sufficient for the booster’s widespread use. in all adults.
“No country can pave the way out of the pandemic and boosters cannot be seen as a ticket to proceed with planned celebrations without the need for other precautions,” the WHO director-general said. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
WHO strategy Advisor The Group of Experts on Immunization has also issued interim guidance on booster doses, raising concerns that large programs in countries that have the capacity to afford them will exacerbate vaccine inequality. It concluded that the focus of vaccination should be on reducing deaths and serious illness.
Currently, 20% of all vaccine doses administered are being given as booster or additional doses, tedros said. “Blanket booster programs can prolong epidemics by diverting supplies to countries that already have high levels of vaccination coverage, giving the virus more opportunity to spread and mutate,” he said.
He said priority countries should be to vaccinate 40% of their population as soon as possible, and 70% by mid-2222. Extended people. ,
Tedros said that even with improved supplies globally, estimates suggest that supply should be sufficient to vaccinate the entire global adult population and give boosters to high-risk populations by the first quarter of 2022. However, only later in 2022 will the supply be sufficient for the booster’s widespread use. in all adults.
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