Geneva, Switzerland — The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday urged governments to refrain from vaccinating children against coronavirus until the elderly and at-risk worldwide have received the vaccine.
The WHO plea comes after Canada authorized the use of the Pfizer vaccine on children, with other rich nations set to follow suit.
“The priority really needs to be getting vaccine to all countries in the world for the highest priority groups before we start advancing to groups that have much lower risk of disease,” said Dr Kate O’Brien, director of the WHO’s vaccines and immunization department.
Canada on Wednesday approved the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine …
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