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A medical worker prepares to dilute a vial of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccination center in Singapore on Mar 8, 2021. (Photo: REUTERS/Edgar Su)
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SINGAPORE: It is important that proper context and information are presented when it comes to coronavirus vaccines, so that members of the public can make the right decisions, said the chairman of Singapore’s expert committee on COVID-19 vaccination.
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SINGAPORE, June 13 The expert committee for Covid-19 vaccination has advised “adolescents and younger men” to avoid strenuous physical activity for a week after their second dose as a precaution against a “small risk” of heart inflammation. They should also seek medical attention.
SINGAPORE - The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is safe and effective for children aged 12 to 15, said the Expert Committee on Covid-19 Vaccination on Friday night (May 21), in response to an open letter penned by some doctors which was later retracted. The safety profile of the vaccine is consistent with the known safety profile in the adult population and the standards set for other registered vaccines used in the immunisation against other diseases, it said.
On Thursday night, 12 doctors posted an open letter calling for children to be given traditional Covid-19 vaccines instead of mRNA ones.
Singapore currently uses two vaccines - Pzifer-BioNTech and Moderna. Both use mRNA technology which gets cells to make a protein piece on its surface that triggers an immune response.
January 12, 2021
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine requires two injections, given 21 days apart.
The Straits Times
SINGAPORE - Covid-19 vaccination centres that allow a large number of people to be vaccinated daily will be ready soon, and vaccinations will also be given at polyclinics and general practitioner clinics, said the country s chief health scientist, Professor Tan Chorh Chuan.
He was speaking after he took his Pfizer-BioNTech jab on Monday (Jan 11).
Allowing people to get vaccinated at polyclinics, public health preparedness clinics and GP clinics will make the experience a more convenient and comfortable one for Singaporeans, especially for the elderly, who may be more familiar with these places, he said.