 The World Health Organization has recommended against using spare doses of COVID-19 vaccine to give booster shots to a country's fully vaccinated population since the priority is to ensure the global population is vaccinated, the agency's head said. Speaking in Berlin at the opening of new Epidemic Intelligence Hub, Director General Tedros Gebresos urged countries with spare vaccines available to donate any deliveries they received in the near term to COVAX or other initiatives aimed at sharing doses with poorer countries. Countries that have contracted high volumes of vaccines to swap near term delivery schedules with COVAX and the African Vaccine Acquisition Trust or ABAT. Second, we call on vaccine manufacturers to immediately prioritize and fulfill their contracts to COVAX and ABAT and to provide regular clear supply forecasts. Third, we urge the G7 and all dose-sharing countries to fulfill their pledge urgently as barely 10% of nearly 900 million committed doses have so far been shipped. And fourth, we call on all countries to eliminate export restrictions and any other trade barriers on COVID-19 vaccines and the inputs involved in their production.