From TheHill.com…
The World Health Organization (WHO) on Wednesday called on rich countries to refrain from giving people booster doses of coronavirus vaccines until at least 2022, expanding an earlier plea that has largely been ignored by wealthy nations.
WHO Director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said nothing has changed since last month, when he called for a global moratorium on booster shots through the end of September.
Now, he’s extending the call until at least the end of the year to enable every country to vaccinate at least 40 percent of its population.
“We have been calling for vaccine equity from the beginning, not after the richest countries have been taken care of,” Tedros said during a news conference. “I will not stay silent when companies and countries that control the global supply of vaccines think the world’s poor should be satisfied with leftovers.”
