The pros and cons of Covid booster vaccinations

WHO calling for halt to top-up jab programmes in order to tackle shortfall in low-income countries

World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
World Health Organization director general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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University of Oxford ethics experts Jonathan Pugh, Dominic Wilkinson and Julian Savulescu on whether wealthier nations should pause coronavirus vaccine booster programmes so that poorer countries can catch up

The World Health Organization has called for a moratorium on Covid vaccine booster programmes until at least the end of September in order to prioritise vaccines for low-income countries.

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