Singapore: Covid booster encouraged for kids, though study says 3rd jab not needed

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

 

SINGAPORE – As the Covid-19 virus continues to evolve, the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Singapore’s Expert Committee on Immunisation (ECI) continue to recommend an additional dose in 2024 for those who are medically vulnerable. They also encourage all who are aged six months and above to get vaccinated a year after their last dose.

 

This is in response to a recent study by the NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (NUS Medicine) and Duke-NUS Medical School, which said the immune response from two doses of mRNA vaccine is enough to protect children against Covid-19 and that a third dose is not needed as it does not extend the benefit.

 

In an e-mail to the media, MOH said it is aware of a recently published local study but it continues to stand behind the analysis of its own local data... It demonstrated that the protection against hospitalisation in local children increased from 66 per cent with two vaccine doses to 73 per cent with three vaccine doses.

 

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https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/covid-19-booster-dose-encouraged-for-kids-says-moh-after-nus-study-shows-3rd-jab-not-needed

 

Looks like Singapore is following a similar COVID vaccine policy to that in the United States, where the CDC has recommended everyone age 6 months and above get vaccinated with the newest XBB-variant COVID vaccine.

 

[Robert Paulson]

God help the parents that listen to these people