New York / Geneva: In the midst of the Delta variant soared from the novel Coronavirus and the evidence that the effectiveness of the vaccine fell, US health officials on Wednesday recommended all Americans who got a Covid-19 booster shot to sustain their protection.
This, however, is not in line with the recommendation of the World Health Organization (WHO) to vaccinate the most vulnerable people throughout the world before mobilizing “top-ups” by high-income countries.
The Covax scheme, led by Cepi and Gavi, called for fair global access to the vaccine.
Moments before the US government said it planned to make Booster Shots widely available for all Americans starting September 20, WHO on Wednesday said that the current data did not show that the Covid-19 booster shot was needed.
US Peak Authority, including control centers and disease prevention, has outlined plans that call for an additional eight-month dose after receiving the second shot from the two-dose or modern Pfizer vaccine.
This means the dose can start from September 20.
Health officials also recommend additional shots for those who receive a single dose of Johnson & Johnson, but they say they are waiting for more data and have not prepared a plan.
The plan, however, is still awaiting the evaluation of the safety and effectiveness of the third dose by the administration of food and drugs, the officials said.
In a statement, health officials say “very clear” that vaccine protection against infections reduced from time to time, and now, with a very contagious Delta variant spread quickly, “We begin to see evidence of reduction in protection against mild and moderate.” “Based on our latest assessment, current protection against severe illness, hospitalization, and death can be reduced in the coming months,” they said.
But who said that the most vulnerable people around the world must be fully vaccinated before high-income countries use top-ups.
“We believe it is clear that today’s data does not show that the booster is needed,” Who’s Head of Scientist Soumya Swininathan said at the Geneva news conference when asked about the need for extra shots to improve protection against disease.
He said further research was needed, and warned that leaving billions of people in developing countries who could not foster the emergence of new variants and produce “even more terrible situations.” Referring to the booster shot given in high-income countries, the senior adviser Bruce Aylward told reporters that there were enough vaccines around the world, but would not go to the right place in the right order.
Meanwhile, the Covid-19 case is now on average nearly 140,000 per day, only a month.
But some experts have expressed concern that calling for booster will damage public health messages – and strengthen the opposition to vaccines – by increasing more doubts in the minds of people who have been skeptical about the effectiveness of shots.
In making an announcement on Booster, the CDC released three studies conducted during the delta surge which showed that the Covid-19 vaccine remained very effective in keeping Americans out of the UT Hospital that their ability to prevent infection decreased sharply between nursing home patients and others .
(With input from agency)