UN: No vaccine to be endorsed before it’s safe and effective
4 years, 4 months ago

UN: No vaccine to be endorsed before it’s safe and effective

Associated Press  

LONDON — The head of the World Health Organization said the U.N. health agency will not recommend any COVID-19 vaccine before it is proved safe and effective, even as Russia and China have started using their experimental vaccines before large studies have finished and other countries have proposed streamlining authorization procedures. He said newly developed Ebola vaccines helped end the recent Ebola outbreak in Congo, noting that stopping the deadly virus was complicated by the dozens of armed groups operating in the region. “They can have a look for themselves on how the world actually used vaccines to reduce under-5 mortality to save children.” Last week, Britain said it was preparing to revise its laws so that any effective coronavirus vaccine could be used before it was fully licensed. On Friday, Russian scientists published data from early studies suggesting their vaccine was safe and prompted an antibody response, but the results were limited and experts said the shot had not yet proven to work.

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Russia claims it developed first cancer vaccine in big breakthrough, says 'will distribute for free'
3 weeks, 1 day ago

Russia claims it developed first cancer vaccine in big breakthrough, says 'will distribute for free'

India TV News  

The deadly disease, cancer is almost incurable to date and people are terrified of it. This vaccine makes the body's immune system so strong that as soon as any cell starts moving towards becoming a cancer cell, the body's immunity destroys it. An mRNA vaccine uses a small fragment of messenger RNA to instruct the body's cells to produce a …

AstraZeneca pulls its COVID-19 vaccine from the European market
8 months ago

AstraZeneca pulls its COVID-19 vaccine from the European market

Associated Press  

LONDON — The pharma giant AstraZeneca has requested that the European authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine be pulled, according to the EU medicines regulator. In an update on the European Medicines Agency’s website Wednesday, the regulator said that the approval for AstraZeneca’s Vaxzevria had been withdrawn “at the request of the marketing authorization holder.” AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine was first given …

A German man who received 217 COVID vaccinations becomes focus of new immunisation research
10 months ago

A German man who received 217 COVID vaccinations becomes focus of new immunisation research

ABC  

In short: German researchers have studied the immune response of a 62-year-old man who they say had received more than 200 COVID shots for "private reasons" within the space of 29 months. German researchers have studied the immune response of a 62-year-old man who they say had received more than 200 COVID shots for "private reasons" within the space of …

Russia 'very close' to making cancer vaccines, says Vladimir Putin
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Russia 'very close' to making cancer vaccines, says Vladimir Putin

India Today  

President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russian scientists were close to creating vaccines for cancer that could soon be available to patients. Putin said in televised comments that "we have come very close to the creation of so-called cancer vaccines and immunomodulatory drugs for a new generation". Last year, the UK government signed an agreement with Germany-based BioNTech to …

4 out of 5 Mexicans who got a flu shot this year turned down Cuban and Russian COVID-19 vaccines
1 year, 1 month ago

4 out of 5 Mexicans who got a flu shot this year turned down Cuban and Russian COVID-19 vaccines

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Four out of five people …

Scientists whose work on mRNA paved the way for first COVID-19 vaccines win Nobel Prize
1 year, 3 months ago

Scientists whose work on mRNA paved the way for first COVID-19 vaccines win Nobel Prize

LA Times  

Dr. Drew Weissman, left, a physician-scientist, and biochemist Katalin Karikó won the Nobel Prize in medicine for discoveries that enabled the creation of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 and that could be used to develop other shots in the future. “This year’s Nobel Prize recognizes their basic science discovery that fundamentally changed our understanding of how mRNA interacts with the immune …

Continue COVID-19 testing to check emergence of new virus variants: WHO chief
1 year, 4 months ago

Continue COVID-19 testing to check emergence of new virus variants: WHO chief

The Hindu  

Warning that many countries aren’t testing enough and that new SARS-CoV-2 virus variants may emerge, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director-General of the World Health Organization, on Wednesday said that testing and being vigilant is vital in continuing the fight against COVID-19. “While COVID is now behind us and India did its best during the time, we can expect new and more …

China approves its first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine; here’s all you need to know
1 year, 9 months ago

China approves its first mRNA COVID-19 vaccine; here’s all you need to know

Live Mint  

China has approved a new COVID-19 vaccine that uses mRNA technology for the first time ever. MRNA vaccines are already widely available in most parts of the world, but China has previously only promoted domestic vaccines developed through traditional methods. “The Product is the first independently developed mRNA vaccine product in China that has been granted for emergency use,” wrote …

China approves its first mRNA vaccine for Covid-19
1 year, 9 months ago

China approves its first mRNA vaccine for Covid-19

Hindustan Times  

China has approved its first locally developed messenger RNA vaccine against Covid-19, its manufacturer said Wednesday, months after the relaxation of strict Covid-zero regulations sparked a surge in cases. China Covid: mRNA vaccines are considered among the most effective in reducing severe infections and deaths. mRNA vaccines are considered among the most effective in reducing severe infections and deaths. While …

Russia is replenishing COVID-19 vaccines, not destroying them
55 years ago

Russia is replenishing COVID-19 vaccines, not destroying them

Associated Press  

CLAIM: Russian president Vladimir Putin has “ordered the destruction of all COVID-19 vaccine stockpiles.” AP’S ASSESSMENT: False. The Russian Ministry of Health announced on March 4 that it had replenished supplies of Sputnik V, the country’s domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine following some shortages of the jab, according to a state-owned domestic news agency. The claim stemmed from a March 4 …

COVID-19 update: China faces challenge due to flawed containment policies, ineffective vaccines, says Report
1 year, 11 months ago

COVID-19 update: China faces challenge due to flawed containment policies, ineffective vaccines, says Report

India TV News  

China COVID-19 update : China is facing a significant challenge in the form of COVID-19, due to the Chinese Communist Party's "flawed and regressive containment policies and ineffective domestically produced vaccines," GeoPolitica.info reported. China's COVID-19 containment strategy has affected Chinese people and has caused major discontent among people in the country, as per the GeoPolitica.info report. Vaccines manufactured in China …

Six fallacies and truths about China's epidemic control
2 years ago

Six fallacies and truths about China's epidemic control

China Daily  

A community worker explains a COVID-19 prevention and care package to a resident in Yangfangdian Subdistrict of Haidian District in Beijing, Dec 27, 2022. China has also optimized the circulation of drugs, testing reagents and protective goods for better epidemic control. By the middle of December 2022, more than 3.47 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses had been administered on the Chinese …

China sees nearly 37 million new Covid cases in one single day, says report
2 years ago

China sees nearly 37 million new Covid cases in one single day, says report

India TV News  

China Covid Wave: China, which is going through its worst phase of the Covid pandemic so far, reported nearly 37 million new infections in a day this week, ANI cited UK-based Financial Times report. Meanwhile, a leaked document, purportedly from China's National Health Commission, said around 248 million, roughly 17.56 per cent of the total population were affected by the …

Explained: Are Chinese vaccines to blame for its COVID-19 surge?
2 years ago

Explained: Are Chinese vaccines to blame for its COVID-19 surge?

Firstpost  

China’s homemade vaccines are far less efficient against COVID-19 than the Western-made mRNA vaccines. This, as Beijing has exported its vaccines to over 40 countries including Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Cambodia and Philippines China’s COVID-19 surge has set the world on edge. The Western mRNA vaccines order the body’s cells to build a replica of a key coronavirus protein to trigger an …

BioNTech-Pfizer COVID vaccine sent to China for Germans
2 years ago

BioNTech-Pfizer COVID vaccine sent to China for Germans

Associated Press  

BERLIN — Germany has dispatched a batch of the BioNTech-Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to China, where it will be administered to Germans who live in the country. He said that the Chinese government formally informed Berlin in a diplomatic note that German citizens can be inoculated with the vaccine, which otherwise isn’t cleared for use in China. Some 20,000 Germans in …

WHO chief ‘very concerned’ over COVID situation in China
2 years ago

WHO chief ‘very concerned’ over COVID situation in China

Al Jazeera  

China could be struggling to keep a tally of COVID-19 infections as the country experiences a big spike in cases, a senior World Health Organization official has said, amid concerns about a lack of data from the country. “In China, what’s been reported is relatively low numbers of cases in ICUs, but anecdotally ICUs are filling up,” WHO’s emergencies director …

Chinese struggle to ‘summon the courage’ to live with COVID-19
2 years ago

Chinese struggle to ‘summon the courage’ to live with COVID-19

Al Jazeera  

For three years, people in China have been told COVID-19 is deadly and it has made it difficult to cope with Beijing’s sudden move to rollback controls. Experts have been studying the effect of prolonged lockdowns on people’s mental health since COVID-19 first emerged in Wuhan three years ago and the city of 8.5 million was sealed off. The Lancet, …

Why vaccine hesitancy persists in China — and what they're doing about it
2 years, 1 month ago

Why vaccine hesitancy persists in China — and what they're doing about it

NPR  

Why vaccine hesitancy persists in China — and what they're doing about it Enlarge this image Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images Jade Gao/AFP via Getty Images China says its official COVID-19 vaccination rate is around 90%, but it's not hard to find people who have been avoiding the jab. Sponsor Message On top of that, she says she's young, she's …

WHO Pleased to See China Ease Harsh Zero Covid Policies
2 years, 1 month ago

WHO Pleased to See China Ease Harsh Zero Covid Policies

News 18  

LONDON: A top official at the World Health Organization said the U.N. agency was “pleased” to see China loosening some of its coronavirus restrictions, saying “it’s really important that governments listen to their people when the people are in pain.” At a press briefing on Friday, WHO emergencies director Dr. Michael Ryan said the organization was glad to see China …

WHO pleased to see China ease harsh zero COVID policies
2 years, 1 month ago

WHO pleased to see China ease harsh zero COVID policies

Associated Press  

LONDON — A top official at the World Health Organization said the U.N. agency was “pleased” to see China loosening some of its coronavirus restrictions, saying “it’s really important that governments listen to their people when the people are in pain.” At a press briefing on Friday, WHO emergencies director Dr. Michael Ryan said the organization was glad to see …

WHO pleased to see China ease harsh zero COVID policies
2 years, 1 month ago

WHO pleased to see China ease harsh zero COVID policies

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A top official at the …

‘Zero COVID’ is roiling China. But ending the policy may cause a massive health disaster
2 years, 1 month ago

‘Zero COVID’ is roiling China. But ending the policy may cause a massive health disaster

LA Times  

An epidemic control worker tests residents for coronavirus infection before they leave their lockdown area in Beijing on Nov. 30, 2022. The government relentlessly tracks its citizens, mandates constant testing, shutters workers inside factories and locks down entire cities under a plan that has come to be known as “zero COVID.” Now, with China’s economy in steep decline and protesters …

Explained | Can vaccine distribution be made fairer?
2 years, 1 month ago

Explained | Can vaccine distribution be made fairer?

The Hindu  

The story so far: The Global Dashboard for Vaccine Equity, a joint effort by the United Nations Development Programme, the World Health Organization and the University of Oxford with cooperation across the UN system, has put out recent data that justifies the vexatious core of the vaccine distribution programme: Only one in four people has been vaccinated with at least …

China launches a COVID-19 vaccine inhaled through the mouth
2 years, 2 months ago

China launches a COVID-19 vaccine inhaled through the mouth

The Hindu  

The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first. A video posted by an online Chinese state media outlet showed people at a community health center sticking the short nozzle of a translucent white cup into their mouths. "When I breathed it in, it tasted a bit sweet.” …

Afraid of needles? China using inhalable COVID-19 vaccine
2 years, 2 months ago

Afraid of needles? China using inhalable COVID-19 vaccine

Associated Press  

BEIJING — The Chinese city of Shanghai started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday in what appears to be a world first. The vaccine, a mist that is sucked in through the mouth, is being offered for free as a booster dose for previously vaccinated people, according to an announcement on an official city social media account. Chinese regulators …

China launches an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine in an apparent world first
2 years, 2 months ago

China launches an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine in an apparent world first

LA Times  

Residents of Beijing wait to get their routine coronavirus throat swabs at a testing site Tuesday. China’s biggest city, Shanghai, started administering an inhalable COVID-19 vaccine Wednesday in what appears to be a world first. Chinese regulators approved the inhalable one in September, but only as a booster shot after studies showed it triggered an immune system response in people …

China Approves World's First Inhalable Covid-19 Vaccine
2 years, 4 months ago

China Approves World's First Inhalable Covid-19 Vaccine

News 18  

Chinese drug regulators have approved the world’s first inhalable Covid-19 vaccine, made by Tianjin-based manufacturer CanSino Biologics, boosting the company’s share price by seven percent on Monday. The National Medical Products Administration gave the go-ahead for the vaccine for emergency use as a booster, the company said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Sunday. Scientists in …

In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID-19
2 years, 5 months ago

In race for monkeypox vaccines, experts see repeat of COVID-19

The Hindu  

Moves by rich countries to buy large quantities of monkeypox vaccine, while declining to share doses with Africa, could leave millions of people unprotected against a more dangerous version of the disease and risk continued spillovers of the virus into humans, public health officials are warning. Yet while monkeypox is much harder to spread than COVID-19, experts warn that if …

Ensure testing for monkeypox, Health Ministry tells States
2 years, 5 months ago

Ensure testing for monkeypox, Health Ministry tells States

The Hindu  

The Union Health Ministry in its communication to stakeholders on Thursday said that while COVID-19 pandemic continues to pose challenges, it is vital that States remain aware, alert and ready to tackle other public health threats like Monkeypox which is on the rise globally. They are also advised to reach out to beneficiaries to take the precaution dose Monkeypox awareness …

Centre Has Not Got Scientific Advice on Vaccines for Children Aged Below 12: Union Minister
2 years, 5 months ago

Centre Has Not Got Scientific Advice on Vaccines for Children Aged Below 12: Union Minister

News 18  

Union Minister for Health, Chemicals and Fertilisers Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said the government has not received any advice from the scientific community on vaccines for children below 12 years of age. About the availability of vaccines, Mandaviya said six companies in the country make vaccines and their manufacturing capacity is around 20 crore doses monthly; they include Corbavax, mRNA …

Beijing appears to retract vaccine mandate after pushback
2 years, 6 months ago

Beijing appears to retract vaccine mandate after pushback

Associated Press  

TAIPEI, Taiwan — The Chinese capital Beijing appears to have backed off a plan to launch a vaccine mandate for entry into certain public spaces after pushback from residents. While not explicitly saying it had dropped the plan, a city official was quoted in state media late Thursday saying that people could enter venues with a negative virus test result …

WHO: COVID-19 cases rising nearly everywhere in the world
2 years, 6 months ago

WHO: COVID-19 cases rising nearly everywhere in the world

Associated Press  

GENEVA — The number of new coronavirus cases rose by 18% in the last week, with more than 4.1 million cases reported globally, according to the World Health Organization. The biggest weekly rise in new COVID-19 cases was seen in the Middle East, where they increased by 47%, according to the report released late Wednesday. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus …

COVID-19 changing, not over yet; tough to analyse future emerging variants: WHO
2 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19 changing, not over yet; tough to analyse future emerging variants: WHO

India TV News  

Highlights COVID19, driven by BA.4 and BA.5, cases are on the rise in 110 countries, the WHO said This has caused the overall global cases to increase by 20 per cent, it said Health workers and older people in lower-income countries remain unvaccinated, the WHO expressed COVID-19 pandemic is changing, but is not over yet, the World Health Organisation said …

COVID-19 cases rising nearly everywhere in the world, WHO reports
2 years, 6 months ago

COVID-19 cases rising nearly everywhere in the world, WHO reports

LA Times  

Adm. Rachel Levine, the Department of Health and Human Services assistant secretary for health, watches a pediatric vaccination in Miami on June 28. The worldwide number of new coronavirus cases rose by 18% in the last week, with more than 4.1 million cases reported globally, according to the World Health Organization. The United Nations health agency said in its latest …

South Korea approves first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine
2 years, 6 months ago

South Korea approves first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine

LA Times  

South Korean Minister of Food and Drug Safety Oh Yu-kyoung speaks at a news briefing in the city of Cheongju on Wednesday. Health officials in South Korea on Wednesday approved the country’s first domestically developed COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 years or older, adding another tool in the fight against the pandemic. In clinical trials involving some 4,000 participants in …

WHO: COVID-19 deaths rise, reversing a 5-week decline
2 years, 6 months ago

WHO: COVID-19 deaths rise, reversing a 5-week decline

Associated Press  

GENEVA — After five weeks of declining coronavirus deaths, the number of fatalities reported globally increased by 4% last week, according to the World Health Organization. In its weekly assessment of the pandemic issued on Thursday, the U.N. health agency said there were 8,700 COVID-19 deaths last week, with a 21% jump in the Americas and a 17% increase in …

WHO clears China’s CanSino Covid vaccine for emergency use
2 years, 7 months ago

WHO clears China’s CanSino Covid vaccine for emergency use

Hindustan Times  

The World Health Organisation on Thursday granted an emergency use authorisation for Chinese manufacturer CanSinBIO’s Convidecia Covid-19 vaccine, the third Chinese vaccine to be granted such clearance. “Today, the WHO issued an emergency use listing for Convidecia, a vaccine manufactured by CanSino Biologics, China, adding to a growing portfolio of vaccines validated by WHO for the prevention of Covid-19 caused …

The AP Interview: US ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots
2 years, 7 months ago

The AP Interview: US ‘vulnerable’ to COVID without new shots

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha issued a dire warning Thursday that the U.S. will be increasingly vulnerable to the coronavirus this fall and winter if Congress doesn’t swiftly approve new funding for more vaccines and treatments. “That leaves a lot of us vulnerable.” Jha predicted that the next generation of vaccines, which are likely to be …

China's zero Covid tolerance strategy fails! Vaccine efficacy under scanner as record cases surface
2 years, 8 months ago

China's zero Covid tolerance strategy fails! Vaccine efficacy under scanner as record cases surface

India TV News  

Highlights China's Zero Covid Policy is proving to be a failure as record cases still surface This situation is when China is one of the top 5 countries to administer maximum number of jabs Questions are also being raised on the efficacy of its Covid vaccine Covid situation is once again going out of hands in China which has been …

Russia registers world\'s first nasal vaccine against COVID-19
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia registers world\'s first nasal vaccine against COVID-19

Deccan Chronicle  

Moscow: Russian Health Ministry has registered the nasal version of Sputnik V, the world's first nasal vaccine against COVID-19. "Russian Health Ministry registers the nasal version of Sputnik V, the world's first nasal vaccine against COVID-19," Sputnik V tweeted on late Friday. In January, the Russian news agency TASS reported that the nasal vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection will …

Russia registers nasal version of Sputnik V, world's first nasal vaccine against COVID-19
2 years, 9 months ago

Russia registers nasal version of Sputnik V, world's first nasal vaccine against COVID-19

India Today  

The Russian Health Ministry has registered the nasal version of its vaccine against coronavirus - Sputnik V. It is the world's first nasal vaccine against COVID-19. The Russian news agency TASS in January reported that the nasal vaccine against the novel coronavirus infection will be in civil circulation and available for Russians within 3-4 months, quoting the director of the …

Rich countries getting new COVID vaccine before poorer ones despite U.N.-backed initiative
2 years, 9 months ago

Rich countries getting new COVID vaccine before poorer ones despite U.N.-backed initiative

LA Times  

A worker moves boxes carrying Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine at SK Bioscience Co. in Andong, South Korea, on Feb. 9. Novavax, the company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as a key tool for the developing world, will miss a target for giving doses to a U.N.-backed effort to supply shots to poorer countries. The company behind a COVID-19 vaccine touted as …

Covid cases rise globally, over 180 crore vaccines administered in India | 10 points
2 years, 9 months ago

Covid cases rise globally, over 180 crore vaccines administered in India | 10 points

India Today  

Fresh cases of Covid are again spiking globally, especially in parts of Asia. Here's the latest Covid-19 updates from across the world: GERMANY, FRANCE, UK REPORT RISE IN CASES On Thursday, South Korea reported a record 6.2 lakh new cases in a country of 50 million, the highest single-day tally logged in any nation except the US. OVER 30 FIRMS …

Op-Ed: What China’s COVID lockdowns say about the pandemic’s next stage
2 years, 9 months ago

Op-Ed: What China’s COVID lockdowns say about the pandemic’s next stage

LA Times  

Two years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, China has placed many areas — including two of its largest cities, Shanghai and Shenzhen — back into lockdown for its worst outbreaks since 2020. Although local officials said Shenzhen businesses will be allowed to reopen, they noted the city is still experiencing “sporadic outbreaks.” It is now clear that, facing …

Ukraine war: WHO delays review of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine
2 years, 9 months ago

Ukraine war: WHO delays review of Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine

Hindustan Times  

The World Health Organization has delayed the review of Russia's Covid-19 vaccine Sputnik V as Moscow continues its full-scale attack on Ukraine. A medical specialist holds a vial of Sputnik V vaccine against the coronavirus in a department store in Moscow, Russia Addressing a press conference on Wednesday, WHO vaccines expert Dr Mariangela Simao said, "We were supposed to go …

Inhalable vaccine for COVID-19 a step closer
2 years, 9 months ago

Inhalable vaccine for COVID-19 a step closer

China Daily  

A logo of China's vaccine specialist CanSino Biologics Inc is pictured on the company's branch office building in Shanghai, China, Feb 25, 2022. An inhaled COVID-19 vaccine developed by CanSino Biologics has entered late-stage clinical trials, with data suggesting it is eligible to apply for emergency use in China, the company's chief scientist said. Zhu said clinical data shows that …

China takes strict, swift measures to stem new COVID-19 infections
2 years, 9 months ago

China takes strict, swift measures to stem new COVID-19 infections

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China is taking strict and swift measures to stem new COVID-19 infections that have emerged in multiple regions recently. The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 1,807 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in 19 provincial-level regions, the National Health Commission said Sunday. In Northeast China's Jilin province, which reported 1,412 local cases Saturday, local authorities have conducted multiple rounds of …

China takes strict, swift measures to stem new COVID-19 infections
2 years, 9 months ago

China takes strict, swift measures to stem new COVID-19 infections

China Daily  

BEIJING -- China is taking strict and swift measures to stem new COVID-19 infections that have emerged in multiple regions recently. The Chinese mainland on Saturday reported 1,807 locally transmitted COVID-19 cases in 19 provincial-level regions, the National Health Commission said Sunday. In Northeast China's Jilin province, which reported 1,412 local cases Saturday, local authorities have conducted multiple rounds of …

At long last, WHO issues coronavirus testing advice
2 years, 10 months ago

At long last, WHO issues coronavirus testing advice

LA Times  

A woman is tested for a coronavirus infection at the Lenasia South Hospital near Johannesburg in South Africa. The advice comes months after critics said the lack of recommendations from the global health agency was compromising efforts to stop the pandemic in poor countries. At a press briefing on Wednesday, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said the agency was concerned …

WHO says COVID-19 boosters needed, reversing previous call
2 years, 10 months ago

WHO says COVID-19 boosters needed, reversing previous call

LA Times  

An expert group convened by the World Health Organization said Tuesday that it “strongly supports urgent and broad access” to booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines amid the global spread of Omicron, capping a reversal of the U.N. agency’s repeated insistence last year that boosters weren’t necessary for healthy people and contributed to vaccine inequity. In a statement, WHO said its …

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