WHO updates Covid-19 vaccine recommendations for healthy individuals of all ages.

The World Health Organization's vaccine experts have updated their global Covid-19 vaccination recommendations, stating that healthy children and teenagers considered low priority may not need to get a shot. The new streamlined recommendations prioritize Covid-19 vaccines for those at greatest risk of death and severe disease, with additional booster doses recommended for high-priority groups such as older people, immunocompromised people of all ages, front-line health workers, and pregnant people. The group recommends primary vaccinations and first booster doses for those at medium risk, including children and adolescents with health risks and healthy adults under the age of about 60, but does not recommend routine additional boosters. The public health impact of vaccinating healthy children and adolescents is comparatively much lower than the established benefits of traditional essential vaccines for children, such as the rotavirus, measles, and pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, according to SAGE.