SINGAPORE: Eligible people aged 80 years and above might obtain their second COVID-19 booster dose from Apr 8, the Ministry of Health (MOH) mentioned on Wednesday (Apr 6).
They can stroll in to any vaccination centre, or the greater than 200 collaborating Public Health Preparedness Clinics (PHPCs), or collaborating polyclinics for the jab.
An SMS with a personalised reserving hyperlink will probably be despatched to their registered cell quantity ought to they want to guide an appointment on-line.
This comes after the Multi-Ministry Taskforce earlier accepted the advice by the Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination (EC19V) for these aged 80 years and above, folks residing in aged care amenities, and the medically weak to obtain a second booster dose from about 5 months after getting their first booster dose.
“Persons living in aged care facilities such as nursing homes tend to have comorbidities and should receive a second booster dose even if they have not reached 80 years of age,” MOH mentioned.
For this group, the second booster dose will probably be organised by the respective aged care amenities and rolled out progressively.
Other people aged 12 years and above who’re medically weak and at elevated danger of extreme illness attributable to vital medical danger elements might want to carry alongside a referral memo from their treating docs to obtain their second booster dose. These embrace folks with continual illnesses of the guts, lungs, kidneys, liver and different organ programs.
There is not any suggestion for a second booster dose for immunocompromised folks at present.
For these eligible to obtain a second booster dose, the advice is not going to end in a change of their vaccination standing for vaccination-differentiated protected administration measures in the event that they select to not get the second booster dose.
“Nevertheless, they are strongly encouraged to go for the second booster to protect themselves,” MOH mentioned.
“There are also currently no recommendations for healthy persons in younger age groups to receive a second booster dose, as they have better immune responses to vaccination and are at a lower risk of severe disease.”
The record of vaccination centres, collaborating PHPCs and polyclinics might be discovered at www.vaccine.gov.sg/locations.
Walk-ins to vaccination centres can be found any day of the week earlier than 7pm.
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