folks aged 50 to fifty nine to be invited for COVID-19 booster photographs from four Oct

SINGAPORE — persons aged 50 to 59 years historic who have achieved their COVID-19 vaccination routine at the least six months in the past might be regularly invited to acquire their booster vaccine dose from 4 October.

The Ministry of fitness (MOH) pointed out in a media release on Friday (24 September) that an SMS with a personalised booking hyperlink should be sent to these people' cell numbers for them to publication a new appointment.

These people may also acquire their booster dose at any vaccination centre, polyclinic, or taking part Public fitness Preparedness health facility (PHPC).

essentially 91,500 seniors bought booster dose

This comes after Singapore commenced its booster programme for men and women aged 60 and above, as well as residents of aged care amenities, on 15 September.

As of Thursday, virtually 91,500 seniors have bought their booster dose, with 56 per cent of seniors who have been invited up to now for his or her booster dose have both booked an appointment or already bought their booster dose.

the new invitation comes after thoughts from the expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination (EC19V) for people aged 50 to 59 years to obtain a booster dose of the Pandemic special entry Route mRNA.

"Adults aged 50 to 59 years have a stronger chance of underlying co-morbidities and hence a risk of severe disorder as compared to more youthful folks, and as many would have achieved the whole regimen of their primary course of vaccination past within the yr, their degrees of coverage may have reduced over time," MOH talked about in its media free up.

"Boosting the immunity of individuals of our inhabitants will make sure endured high levels of protection towards severe ailment."

trade in dosage for Moderna vaccine

meanwhile, the professional committee has also reviewed the dosing for the Moderna vaccine used for boosting and advised that a 50-microgram dosage is satisfactory to increase immune response vastly.

accordingly, from Saturday, vaccination websites carrying the Moderna vaccine will begin administering the vaccine at a dosage of 50mcg for booster doses, as in comparison to the 100mcg dose used in the fundamental vaccination route.

The 100mcg dose of the Moderna vaccine will continue to be used for the two-dose primary collection vaccination routine, and three-dose stronger basic sequence for immunocompromised people.