WHO warns against vaccine hoarding as poorer countries go without
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters The World Health Organization warned wealthy countries on Thursday against hoarding COVID-19 vaccines for booster shots as they try to fight off the new Omicron variant, threatening supplies to poorer countries where inoculation rates are low. Many Western nations have been rolling out boosters, targeting the elderly and people with underlying health […]
WHO says vaccine hoarding “keeps pandemic burning”
Geneva, Switzerland Reuters Rich countries squabbling over COVID-19 vaccine supplies must consider the situation in poorer parts of the world, the World Health Organization said on Friday, warning that hoarding of shots “keeps the pandemic burning”. WHO officials were speaking after the European Commission said it had agreed a plan to control exports of vaccines […]