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Study - Booster Vaccines "Not Appropriate" For General Population At This Stage Of Pandemic

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Published in The Lancet Medical Journal

A new study on Covid-19 vaccines has found booster shots are not needed for "the general population".

The research, published in The Lancet Medical Journal, concluded vaccines are so effective against severe illness, that booster doses for the general population are not appropriate at this stage in the pandemic.

The findings were reviewed by an international group of scientists, including some at the World Health Organisation and the FDA in the US.

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