WHO Did Not Call On Countries to Stop Giving COVID-19 Booster Shot
The Claim
The World Health Organization calls on countries to stop giving the third dose of COVID-19 vaccinations.
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Facebook and Twitter accounts have recently shared a claim that the World Health Organization has called on countries around the world to stop giving the third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (i.e., the booster shot).
Some accounts attributed the claim to an Arabic news website called Al Ekhbariya.
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Misbar’s Analysis
Misbar’s team has investigated the circulated claim and found it to be selective. The World Health Organization did not call on countries to stop giving the third COVID-19 ‘booster’ shot.
The claim was cut from a news post published by Al Ekhbariya this August, 2021. The WHO then called on rich countries to put a hold on giving the booster shot until the end of last September so that at least 10 percent of the world’s population is vaccinated.
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According to a report by the World Health Organization, dated Aug. 4, 2021, over 4bn doses of the COVID-19 vaccine were administered globally. More than 80% of them went to high- and middle-income countries, although they represent less than half of the world’s population.
Translated by Ahmed N. A. Almassri