WHO changes COVID vaccine recommendations for high risk individuals

The World Health Organization on Tuesday changed its recommendations on vaccinations related to COVID-19. The WHO suggested that where the population is at high risk of getting Covid, people should be given another dose of vaccine after 12 months in addition to the booster dose.

The health agency has included senior citizens in the high-risk population as well as youth keeping in mind the risk factor.

WHO changes COVID vaccine recommendations

For this group, the World Health Organization takes into account age and immunocompromising conditions. An additional vaccine shot is recommended 6 or 12 months after the most recent vaccine.The WHO defined the group consisting of healthy children and teens as "low priority" and urged countries to consider their risk of disease or other risk factors before vaccinating this group.

All countries take different approaches to their populations. Some high-income countries, such as the United Kingdom and Canada, are already offering high-risk patients during the flu season (cold to warm or warm to cold) a COVID-19 booster six months after their last dose.

The WHO said the recommendation was made as an option for a subgroup of people who were at particularly high risk. But the recommendation should serve as a guide to best practice.

The World Health Organization said that the expert team of the organization had also said that in the initial series, two shots of COVID-19 VACCINE for mild risk and a booster dose were not recommended to be given to everyone regularly.

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