Healthy children and teens likely don’t need COVID-19 vaccinations, according to updated guidance posted on the website of the World Health Organization (WHO) on Tuesday.
WHO’s Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) met last week to create a revised roadmap for COVID vaccinations.
The new roadmap defines three priority groups — high, medium and low — based on the “risk of severe disease and death” when contracting the virus.
Healthy kids between 6 months and 17 years old are now deemed low priority.
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The agency said that for this group, “traditional essential vaccines” for illnesses like rotavirus, measles, polio and pneumococcal conjugate have a greater impact.
In the new roadmap, the agency also released updated guidance on COVID booster doses.