Think twice before booster campaigns, WHO director says

Think twice before booster campaigns, WHO director says

A Pfizer coronavirus vaccine is prepared. Picture: Steve Parsons/PA

Rolling out booster campaigns which target more than just vulnerable people is “really not right”, the director general of the World Health Organisation (WHO) said.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus urged countries rolling out such campaigns for the wider population to think twice.

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