WHO Chief Scientist Says 'There Is No Evidence Right Now That Healthy Children or Healthy Adolescents Need Boosters'

Dr. Soumya Swaminathan — the World Health Organization’s chief scientist — says that there is zero evidence to support the idea that otherwise healthy children and adolescents need a booster shot of a COVID-19 vaccine.

During a Tuesday media briefing, Swaminathan said that while she believes there is a certain degree that vaccine immunity wanes amid the Omicron spike, more research needs to be conducted around who actually needs booster shots,
Reuters reported.

“There is no evidence right now that healthy children or healthy adolescents need boosters,” Swaminathan said. “No evidence at all.”