The World Health Organisation (WHO), asked about the European Union's fresh recommendation for COVID-19 boosters for people over 40, said on Wednesday that the priority should remain inoculating all adults and most vulnerable groups first.
Soumya Swaminathan, WHO's chief scientist, said: "Focus on the unvaccinated and high-risk groups."
WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Gheybreyesus said that he hoped that health ministers from its 194 member states would agree next week to start a negotiating process for a 'binding pact' to help prepare for future pandemics.
(Reporting by Stephanie Nebehay in Geneva and Mrinalika in Bengaluru)
