WHO Says, Children’s Vaccination is Not a Priority

The WHO states that vaccination of children before school is not necessary if adults who have come in contact with children have been vaccinated. Let us tell you that less than one percent of the COVID vaccines given globally have been used in poor countries.

The World Health Organization’s (WHO) top vaccine expert Dr. Kate O’Brien says that immunizing children against the coronavirus is not a high priority in view of the extremely limited supply of vaccines around the world. He said that children are usually not at risk of becoming seriously ill or dying from COVID-19, so their vaccination during a pandemic is aimed at preventing the spread of infection rather than protecting them from the disease.

However, there is an increasing number of wealthy countries that are approving COVID vaccines for adolescents and children. Canada, the US, and the European Union recently approved some COVID vaccines for children aged 12 to 15 years as they approach their immunization targets for adults. Earlier, the WHO had requested rich countries to donate these vaccines to poor countries instead of vaccinating their teenagers and children.

The World Health Organization has said that out of the three forms of B.1.617 COVID-19 first detected in India, only one B.1.617.2 is now a cause for concern and the rate of spread of infection in the remaining two forms is very low. Explain that the B.1.617 form was first found in India and these three forms are divided into B.1.617.1, B.1.617.2, and B.1.617.3.

In the COVID-19 Weekly Epidemiological Update published last Tuesday, the WHO said that on May 11 this year, using available data for variants B.1.617.1 and B.1.617.2, it was determined that B.1.617 variant is a ‘global  Concern’. The highest threat to people’s lives is from the B.1.617.2 variant.

In this update released by the United Nations Health Agency, it was said that the increasing rate of infection with the B.1.617.2 variant of the corona and due to this form, the cases of increasing infection in many countries are being closely monitored. The WHO had said that it is a high priority for the WHO to study the impact of this form of coronavirus.