The World Health Organisation (WHO) said that booster shots of the Covid-19 vaccine, when introduced, should be backed by evidence and targeted at high-risk populations and frontline healthcare workers.
In a recently released interim statement, the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE), which advises WHO, said that the booster shots should be administered first to populations that are at the highest risk, while adding that, before that, evidence is needed to prove the efficacy of booster.
The World Health Organization (WHO) said that when the Covid-19 vaccine booster shots are introduced, they should be evidence-based and targeted at high-risk populations and frontline healthcare workers.
The Strategic Advisory Group of Experts (SAGE), which advises WHO, stated in a recently released interim statement that booster shots should be administered first to populations at highest risk, but that evidence proving the efficacy of booster shots in combating the Omicron variant is needed first.
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