WHO recommends additional COVID jab for people with weaker immune systems

Strategic visory Group of Experts (S), a group that profer vice to World Health Organisation on vaccines, suggested people with weaker immune systems iculate an ditional dose of COVID-19 vaccines. statement from top vaccine visory group came nearly two months after international public health ncy was directed to review authorisation of booster shots to weak immune system group. According to S, those who have been fully vaccinated with Beijing's Sivac and Sipharm vaccine, and has an above 60 years should take booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

"For those who have taken Sivac and Sipharm vaccines, y can take an ditional dose of vaccine," said visory group.

Moderately and critically immucompromised people should be given an ditional dose: S

However, experts clarified that y are t vocating for booster jabs for entire population. It is worth ting that earlier specialised ncy of United Nations responsible for international public health h appealed to nations to leave idea of providing an ditional jab of COVID-19 vaccine to ir citizens, citing global vaccine crisis. 

Meanwhile, major development came after WHO's visory group held a four-day meeting to examine fresh report and data on a range of vaccines for COVID-19 and or diseases. "Moderately and critically immucompromised persons should be given an ditional dose...since se people are less inclined to react appropriately to shots following a standard primary vaccine series and are at high risk of severe Covid-19 disease," said experts of UN health ncy.

Earlier, WHO h urged nations to avoid iculating booster jabs

Earlier in August, Director-General of World Health Organization, Dr Tedros ham Ghebreyesus h appealed to countries to temporary suspend ir plans related to booster jabs. He said that re was such evidence that could prove an ditional shot of COVID-19 vaccine would work against furr versions of Coronavirus. At that time, Dr Tedros ham h appealed to developed nations to t minister vaccines to those who h alrey taken both doses of COVID-19 jab.

He h cited 'vaccine short' as most prominent hurdle that has been facing by developing nations. UN health ncy official has argued that ' one is safe until everyone is safe.' It has requested developed nations to help developing nations in procuring vaccine. " longer and more widely coronavirus circulates, greater chance that new variants could emerge — and prolong a global crisis in fighting pandemic," ted Director-General of World Health Organization. tably, United States, Israel, France, Germany and many Middle Eastern countries have alrey started ministering boosters jabs in wake of emergence of highly transmissible delta variant.

Im: AP/Representative