WHO: Boost vulnerable people, but share spare vaccine doses with poorer countries

The WHO warned that, while booster shots would protect the most vulnerable, wealthy countries ought not pursue a generalised booster shot regime and would be better off sharing excess vaccines with less wealthy countries. File picture: PA

European countries with excess vaccine doses should share them while keeping the option of a third dose for vulnerable people, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

Hans Kluge, head of WHO Europe said yesterday that a third dose booster shot is a way to keep the most vulnerable safe and "not a luxury".