Bivalent Pfizer vaccine available to all aged 12 and above

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From Dec 12, those aged 12 and above can get the bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccine to enhance their protection against the Omicron variants of the coronavirus. Those who are eligible will progressively receive a text message with a personalised booking...

The ministry on Tuesday also accepted the EC19V’s recommendation that the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty vaccine may be used as the primary Covid-19 vaccination for children aged six months to four years as an alternative to the Moderna/Spikevax vaccine.Said MOH: “The protection conferred by our high vaccination rate has enabled us to keep the number of severe cases and deaths much lower than in many other countries.

This means getting at least three doses of an mRNA or Novavax’s Nuvaxovid vaccine, or four doses of the Sinovac-CoronaVac vaccine, with the last vaccine dose less than five months ago. With the extension of the bivalent Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccine to those persons aged between 12 and 17 years, MOH said this group should also get an additional bivalent vaccine dose around five months after their last booster dose.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said from Dec 12, MOH will once again deploy mobile vaccination teams to the heartland to reach out to unvaccinated seniors in the community. Today Ministry of Health, Singapore made two key announcements which will take effect from 12 December 2022: 1️⃣ We...

 

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