WHO Director: Booster Shot Programs ‘Will Likely Prolong The Pandemic’
The director of the World Health Organization warned Wednesday that “blanket” vaccine booster shot programs could “prolong” the pandemic, as the United States urged citizens to get their third shots and Israel introduced a fourth dose....
Tuesday, President Biden urged already-vaccinated citizens to get boosted to protect themselves from the omicron variant causing a surge of infections throughout the country. Israel became the first country to approve a fourth dose for healthcare workers and elderly people Tuesday. The omicron variant was first identified in Botswana and South Africa, and now makes up more than 73% of cases in the U.S. Last month, as omicron was designated a “variant of concern” by the WHO, Tedros said that “no country can vaccinate it’s way out of the pandemic alone” and that vaccine inequality allows “more opportunity this virus has to spread and evolve in ways we cannot predict.
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