Eligible Singapore residents aged six months and older are encouraged to get an extra Covid-19 shot this year or the next, after a new batch of updated Covid-19 monovalent vaccines is rolled out from Monday. The Ministry of Health (MOH), in a statement on Saturday, said the...
Eligible Singapore residents aged six months and older are encouraged to get an extra Covid-19 shot this year or the next, after a new batch of updated Covid-19 monovalent vaccines is rolled out from Monday.of the Expert Committee on Covid-19 Vaccination meant that people should get an extra shot of the vaccine in 2023 or 2024 – about a year and no earlier than five months after the last jab.
The roll-out of the updated monovalent vaccines – depending on the expected arrival of the shipments – will be on these dates:Nov 14 – Moderna/Spikevax for all individuals aged six months and abovePeople can get their vaccinations at any Joint Testing and Vaccination Centre , Public Health Preparedness Clinic or polyclinic offering the vaccine.
The expert committee, in its recommendations, said: “While Covid-19 is generally mild in healthy individuals who have been vaccinated previously, an additional dose further enhances protection against severe disease in the medically vulnerable and elderly, and has comparable safety as previous doses.”
XBB.1.5 was the dominant strain globally earlier in 2023, which is why regulators, including the United States Food and Drug Administration ,Infectious diseases expert Leong Hoe Nam said: “We haven’t seen the Alphas, the Betas and the Deltas for over a year. They are expected to have died out, so using a bivalent vaccine will distract the immune system by having it respond to a variant that is unlikely to recur or make a comeback.
From Nov 4 to Dec 2, the operating hours of all JTVCs will be extended on Saturdays, from 9am to 7pm – instead of the usual opening hours from 9am to 1pm – in case there is higher demand for the updated vaccines.MOH said: “Vaccination remains our primary defence against Covid-19, and continues to be safe and effective.”close to the 12-month mark, and those most at risk must take the shots yearly to avoid getting severely ill.
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