A group of World Health Organization experts is recommending COVID-19 booster shots for the elderly, pregnant women, health care workers, and people with weak immune systems or at higher risk of severe illnesses.
“There is growing evidence on the benefits of a second booster dose of vaccines,” the WHO Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE) said in a statement released Thursday.
SAGE chairman Alejandro Cravioto said the group recommends a second booster shot for people older than 55 who are considered at the highest risk of developing severe disease and in need of hospitalization.
The group does not advocate a second booster for the general public, for adults who are generally healthy and do not suffer from severe immunodeficiency, he added.
SAGE recommends a second booster be given four to six months after the administration of the first. It says healthy children and adolescents remain at low risk of severe disease from COVID-19, so there currently is no recommendation for youth groups to be vaccinated.
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