WHO Demands US, Other Nations to Stop COVID-19 Boosters for Rest of 2021

World Health Organization (WHO) Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus attends a press conference organised 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

The leader of the World Health Organization (WHO) is calling on wealthy nations to issue a moratorium on COVID-19 boosters and instead provide initial vaccine doses to poorer nations.

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, who has frequently said that wealthier countries should hold off on booster shots, said Wednesday that these nations need to wait until the end of the year.