WHO's top scientist says no evidence healthy kids, adolescents need COVID-19 boosters

WHO says no evidence healthy children, adolescents need Covid-19 boosters

BENGALURU: There is no evidence at present that healthy children and adolescents need booster doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, the World Health Organization's chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said on Tuesday (Jan 18). Read full story

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 COVID-19 vaccine, the World Health Organization’s chief scientist…

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

(This Jan 18 story corrected to say 'healthy' not 'heavy' in paragraph 3)

WHO finds 'no evidence' that healthy children, adolescents need boosters

WHO recently announced that there is not enough evidence to conclude that healthy children and adolescents require a COVID-19 booster. Instead, the world health agency said that boosters should be reserved for more vulnerable populations. “The aim is to protect the most vulnerable, to protect those at highest risk of severe disease and dying; those are our elderly populations, the

WHO says no evidence that COVID boosters are needed for healthy children, young adults

The World Health Organization's (WHO) chief scientist Soumya Swaminathan said Tuesday that there is no current evidence that suggests healthy adolescents or children need COVID-19 vaccine booster doses.

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Dr. Soumya Swaminathan — the World Health Organization's chief scientist — says that there is zero evidence to support the idea that otherwise healthy children and adolescents need a booster shot of a COVID-19 vaccine. What are the details? During a Tuesday media briefing, Swaminathan said that w...