people living with HIV and transplant recipients), including children aged six months and older pregnant persons and frontline health workers. The high-priority group includes older adults younger adults with significant comorbidities (ex- diabetes and heart disease) people with immunocompromising conditions (e.g.

These priority groups are principally based on risk of severe disease and death, and consider vaccine performance, cost-effectiveness, programmatic factors and community acceptance. The revised roadmap outlines three priority-use groups for Covid vaccination: high, medium, and low. 'Updated to reflect that much of the population is either vaccinated or previously infected with Covid, or both, the revised roadmap re-emphasises the importance of vaccinating those still at-risk of severe disease, mostly older adults and those with underlying conditions, including with additional boosters,' said SAGE Chair Dr Hanna Nohynek, in a statement. It revised the roadmap for prioritising the use of COVID-19 vaccines, to reflect the impact of Omicron and high population-level immunity due to infection and vaccination. The updated recommendation, issued this week, came after a meeting of WHO's Strategic Advisory Group of Experts on Immunization (SAGE). COVID-19: WHO calls for boosters for elderly, vulnerable groups.ĬOVID-19 rising cases: In the wake of another rise in coronavirus cases in several countries, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended booster vaccination for the elderly and other vulnerable groups.

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