At the time of the discourse on the Covid vaccine shot booster has begun in many countries, including India, which is called a distribution of booster doses “scandals that must be stopped now”.
In August, Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called for a global moratorium on Booster that he was then extended until the end of the year.
However, countries like Germany, Israel, Canada and the US have advanced with a booster scheme.
“It makes no sense to give a booster to healthy adults or to vaccinate children, when health workers, parents and other high-risk groups around the world are still waiting for their first dose,” Tedros said when he condemned the logging and administration of booster shots .
The country with the highest vaccination coverage is hoarding more vaccines, while low-income countries struggle to get even the first dose for their population.
“Every day there are six times more booster given globally than primary doses in low-income countries,” Tedros said.
In India, while the government has not received a dose of booster and is focused on the increase in the first and second dose, many countries and health experts have begun to advocate for the sake of booster doses, especially for health workers and the elderly prioritized to receive vaccines.
Who is the underline of the uneven distribution of Jabs can pose risk not only for countries with low vaccination coverage but also to others because the economy is open, restrictions are being appointed and travel has begun.
Noting that more than 100 countries still lack vaccinations even 40% of their population with the first dose of vaccines, which said an additional 550 million doses needed to achieve the target of vaccinating at least 40% of the population of each country by the end of this year.