WHO affirms that reinforcement of the vaccine against COVID-19 is necessary

A group of experts convened by the World Health Organization (WHO) stated that “strongly supports urgent and widespread access” to booster vaccines against COVID-19 in the face of the global spread of the omicron variant, in a reversal of the UN body’s insistence last year that boosters were not necessary in healthy people and contributed to inequity in inoculation.

In a statement, the who He assured that his group of experts concluded that immunization with the authorized vaccines against the COVID-19 they provide high levels of protection against severe illness and death at a time when the highly contagious omicron variant continues to spread.

In January, the WHO reversed its initial position, saying that it recommended reinforcements when countries had enough supplies and after they had protected their most vulnerable sectors. He noted that vaccinations, including the use of boosters, are especially important for people at risk of severe illness.

Last year, the director-general of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebryesus, had proposed a moratorium on giving boosters when dozens of countries began giving the vaccines, saying rich countries should immediately donate those doses to poor countries instead. WHO scientists said then that they would continue to assess the available data.

The updated recommendations came from an 18-member advisory group focused on the impact of “variants of concern” -What omicron— and evaluates the effectiveness of vaccines against those mutations.

Numerous scientific studies have shown that boosters with licensed vaccines help restore weakened immunity and protect against a severe case of COVID-19.

To the reinforcement application programs in rich countries such as Britain, Canada and United States they are credited with preventing the wave of omicron infections from overflowing hospitals and cemeteries.