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WHO Europe Deict Says Covid 19 Vaccine Booster Doses Are Not A Luxury.

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Hans Kluge appears to have contradicted senior colleagues.

The World Health Organisation's Europe director says third doses of a Covid vaccine are not a luxury - but rather about keeping vulnerable people safe.

Hans Kluge appears to have contradicted senior colleagues, who've criticised booster jabs when many people in poor countries haven't been immunised at all.

But he says research shows top-up vaccines are clinically effective - and that message must be backed up


 

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