Article 5T9W1 WHO boss: western countries’ Covid booster drives likely to prolong pandemic

WHO boss: western countries’ Covid booster drives likely to prolong pandemic

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Peter Beaumont
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Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says there will be enough vaccines for world's adults - if they are not hoarded

The world will have enough doses of Covid vaccines early next year to inoculate all of the global adult population - if western countries do not hoard those vaccines to use in blanket booster programmes, the head of the World Health Organization (WHO) has said.

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Wednesday there would be sufficient vaccine supplies in global circulation in the first quarter of 2022.

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