Five-year-old Jaden Tan, accompanied by his godmother S.Y. Zhang, receiving the updated Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty vaccine at the Ang Mo Kio joint testing and vaccination centre on Nov 4.On Saturday morning, Jaden Tan, five, received his first Covid-19 jab, and it was the latest monovalent version that promises to protect against current and emerging strains.
The reformulated Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty vaccine – created to target the Omicron XBB.1.5 strain that was globally dominant in early 2023 – was rolled out from Oct 30. Ms C.Y. Tan, a civil servant in her early 50s, who has not been infected, received her seventh Covid-19 shot on Saturday. Retired IT professional Paul Ng, 68, took the monovalent vaccine on Saturday at Ang Mo Kio JTVC as he will be flying to Australia soon to visit his sister, who told him that Covid-19 cases are expected to rise there in December.
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