
WHO Experts Say Healthy Kids, Teens May Not Need More COVID Shots
WEDNESDAY, March 29, 2023 (HealthDay News) -- New advice from the World Health Organization (WHO) says healthy children and teens may not need additional COVID-19 shots, though they may need to catch up on other routine vaccines.
“The public health impact of vaccinating healthy children and adolescents is comparatively much lower than the established benefits of traditional essential vaccines for children – such as the rotavirus, measles and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines,” the WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) said Tuesday in a news release.
Instead, COVID-19 vaccines should go to high-risk people.
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