Minister of Health Ong Ye Kung said on 19 August, that Singapore is very likely to begin a Covid-19 vaccination booster exercise.
He added that it is necessary for people who are severely immunocompromised to get a third jab.
This will include cancer patients undergoing treatment, patients who have undergone transplants, kidney disease patients on dialysis and patients on therapy for immunosuppression.
Ong said:
“Because of their conditions, these persons react much less to vaccinations even after two doses, meaning they cannot produce as much antibodies or activate the necessary mechanisms to fight the virus. Hence a third dose of vaccine is necessary for them.”
Ong previously said on 8 July that the booster shots exercise could begin next year, around the Chinese New Year period.
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