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WHO: Healthy children, adolescents might not need COVID-19 boosters

  • By Al Mayadeen Net
  • Source: Agencies
  • 19 Jan 2022 14:27
2 Min Read

With the outbreak of new COVID-19 variants, studies are now questioning if the booster shot would be enough to combat the virus.

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  • WHO says no evidence healthy children, adolescents need COVID-19 boosters
    WHO says no evidence healthy children, adolescents need COVID-19 boosters.

There is no evidence at present that healthy children and adolescents need booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, the World Health Organization's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Tuesday.

Speaking at a news briefing, she said that while there seems to be some waning of vaccine immunity over time against the rapidly spreading Omicron variant of the coronavirus, more research needs to be done to ascertain who needs booster doses.

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"There is no evidence right now that healthy children or heavy adolescents need boosters. No evidence at all," she said.

Last week, Germany became the latest country to recommend that all children between the ages of 12 and 17 receive a COVID-19 booster shot. Hungary has also done so.

Swaminathan said the WHO's top group of experts would meet later this week to consider the specific question of how countries should consider giving boosters to their populations.

"The aim is to protect the most vulnerable, to protect those at highest risk of severe disease and death. Those are our elderly populations, immuno-compromised people with underlying conditions, but also healthcare workers," she said.

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