WhatsApp joins forces with the World Health Organisation on new ‘Vaccines for All’ sticker pack in the hopes of offering users a ‘fun way to privately express their joy’ about the Covid-19 jab
- The new sticker pack includes a range of Covid-19 vaccine-related illustrations
- These include syringes and plasters, as well as vaccinated people embracing
- WhatsApp stickers let users share feelings that ‘can’t be expressed with words’
WhatsApp has joined forces with the World Health Organisation (WHO) for its new ‘Vaccines for All’ sticker pack, as the Covid-19 vaccine rollout continues at pace.
The sticker pack features a range of vaccine-related illustrations, including syringes, plasters and glass phials, as well as two vaccinated people embracing and a doctor holding a Covid-testing swab.
WhatsApp hopes the stickers will offering its users a ‘fun way to privately express their joy’ about getting their Covid-19 jab.
WhatsApp stickers, which were introduced in 2018, let users share their feelings in a way that ‘they can’t always express with words’, much like emoji.
The new ‘Vaccines for All’ sticker pack features a range of vaccine-related illustrations, including syringes, plasters and glass phials, as well as a doctor holding a Covid-testing swab
‘The Vaccines for All sticker pack is available now within WhatsApp,’ said WhatsApp in a blog post on Tuesday.
‘We hope these stickers offer people a fun and creative way to connect and privately express the joy, relief, and hope they feel about the possibilities the Covid-19 vaccines offer.’
To send the new stickers, Android users need to have an individual or group chat open and tap the smiley face on the left of where it says ‘Type a message’.
This brings up the logo for stickers at the bottom – a small square with the bottom right corner peeling away slightly.
iOS users should initially see the same square stickers logo to the right of the chat box. They’ll need to tap this to bring up another stickers logo at the bottom, next to the GIF option.
Tapping on the plus symbol to the right will bring up a list of all available stickers, which users can download by tapping the downward arrow.
WhatsApp revealed a similar sticker pack around this time last year in partnership with WHO, called ‘Together at Home’, which is still available to download.
This pack included references to lockdown and social distancing, including air high-fives, the trouble with working from home with a pet cat, indoor aerobic exercise and a hand holding a bar of soap.
WhatsApp said billions of stickers are sent every day on the Facebook-owned chat platform, which has more than two billion users worldwide.
Since stickers’ launch in 2018, they have become one of the fastest growing ways people communicate.

The ‘Together at Home’ was released in April last year to help people stay connected throughout the pandemic
So far, WhatsApp has partnered with more than 150 national, state, and local governments, and with organisations like WHO and UNICEF, on Covid-19 helplines since the start of the pandemic.
More than 3 billion messages have been sent across these global helplines in the past year, the firm also said on Tuesday.
‘As the pandemic enters a new phase in many countries, governments are using these helplines to connect citizens privately to accurate vaccine information and registration, in countries such as Indonesia, South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, and India,’ WhatsApp said.
‘In Indonesia, 500,000 medical workers registered for their vaccine appointments on this service in its first five days.
‘We want to help governments and international organisations connect as many people around the world to vaccine information and services as possible, especially those in hard-to-reach places or in marginalised groups.’