38,000 seniors remain unvaccinated against Covid-19, down from 200,000 in July 2021

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About 38,000 seniors remain unvaccinated at this point, down from 200,000 a few months ago, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Wednesday (Jan 5). He had previously said in July last year that 200,000 seniors had yet to take the jab. Speaking at a virtual press...

Singapore's director of medical services Kenneth Mak, who was also at the press conference, added:"The overseas data shows that vaccination does make a difference in protecting individuals against infection, hospitalisation, severe infection and death, and this benefit is even stronger for those who have been fully vaccinated and who have received their booster dose."

Those who took two doses of Sinovac or Sinopharm's vaccines and then got an mRNA vaccine as their third dose should get an mRNA booster about five months after their last dose, while those who took Sinovac or Sinopharm's vaccines as their third dose should get the mRNA booster within three months., said the expert committee.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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