Healthy children and teens likely don’t need COVID-19 vaccinations, according to updated guidance posted on the World Health Organization's (WHO) website on Tuesday.
The agency said that for this group,"traditional essential vaccines" for illnesses like rotavirus, measles, polio and pneumococcal conjugate have a greater impact.Healthy children and teens likely don’t need COVID-19 vaccinations, according to updated guidance posted on the World Health Organization's website on Tuesday.
and those with underlying conditions, including with additional boosters," stated SAGE Chair Dr. Hanna Nohynek in a press release on the WHO website. "Countries should consider their specific context in deciding whether to continue vaccinating low-risk groups, like, while not compromising the routine vaccines that are so crucial for the health and well-being of this age group," the doctor continued.
In the press release, SAGE encourages countries to consider factors including"disease burden, cost-effectiveness, and other health or programmatic priorities and opportunity costs" when making decisions about vaccine requirements for healthy children and teens.Children who have compromised immune systems or existing health conditions should still get the COVID vaccine due to the higher risk of severe disease, the agency said.
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