Singapore studying effectiveness and safety of Moderna, Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccines for children 6 months and older

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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination are currently studying the effectiveness and safety of Moderna\u0027s and Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccines in young children. The study will look at the use of Moderna\u0027s COVID-19 vaccine for children aged six months

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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) and the Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination are currently studying the effectiveness and safety of Moderna's and Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccines in young children.

The study will look at the use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged six months to five years, and Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine for those aged six months to four years. “We are engaging the respective vaccine manufacturers to obtain the relevant information to facilitate a risk-benefit evaluation of the use of these vaccines in this age group,” said MOH on Monday (Jun 20) in response to media queries.as young as six months, allowing a nationwide rollout to start next week. The CDC's move came after a panel of advisers voted to recommend COVID-19 vaccines for those children.

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sporeMOH Pfizer report was out end of Feb 2022. Why no MEDIA and MOH have the courage to comments? Read it even if you do not have the medical knowledge. Just ONE question, why there are 1000+ side effects listed? Not scary enough?

Because it’s so deadly to them, right?

We all know that risk from covid is mainly with old and sick people.

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