WHO Calls for Halt to COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots

WHO Calls for Halt to COVID-19 Vaccine Booster Shots
World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a press conference organized by the Geneva Association of United Nations Correspondents (ACANU) amid the COVID-19 outbreak, caused by the novel coronavirus, at the WHO headquarters in Geneva, on July 3, 2020. Fabrice Coffrini/AFP via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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The World Health Organization (WHO) Wednesday called for a moratorium on COVID-19 booster shots until the end of next month to address a shortfall in vaccines for poorer countries.

“I understand the concern of all governments to protect their people from the Delta variant, but we cannot and should not accept countries that have already used most of the global supply of vaccines using even more of it while the world’s most vulnerable people remain unprotected,” WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news conference on Wednesday.

Jack Phillips
Jack Phillips
Breaking News Reporter
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