SINGAPORE — From Friday (13 May), all those that are 18 years and above in Singapore and can obtain COVID-19 vaccination, together with boosters, might book an appointment to obtain the Novavax vaccine.
The announcement by the Ministry of Health (MOH) comes after it introduced on 4 May that the Nuvaxovid COVID-19 protein-based vaccine by Novavax had arrived in Singapore.
The administering of the Novavax vaccine will probably be carried out on the Joint Testing and Vaccination Centre (JTVC) Bishan, or any of the 20 collaborating Public Health Preparedness Clinics (PHPCs).
The PHPCs will begin the vaccination from subsequent Wednesday, whereas the JTVC Bishan will accomplish that from 24 May.
The JTVC Bishan is one in every of 5 new JTVCs providing each COVID-19 testing and vaccination providers, which can start operations from 24 May. Another 5 JTVCs will open progressively from end-June.
The public are strongly inspired to book an appointment by way of the National Appointment System earlier than continuing to the JTVCs.
“These centres are designed with the ability to scale up operations in the event of an emerging variant of concern in future,” MOH stated.
As of Thursday, 92 per cent of Singapore’s whole inhabitants have accomplished their major vaccination sequence and 75 per cent have obtained their booster doses.
MOH will probably be progressively decreasing the variety of vaccination centres from end-May.
As really useful by the Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination, people aged not less than 18 years might obtain the Novavax vaccine for his or her major sequence or booster vaccination, however the mRNA vaccines produced by Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are the popular vaccines as a consequence of their increased efficacy.
Those who’re medically ineligible to obtain the mRNA vaccines ought to think about the Novavax vaccine.
Under the nationwide vaccination programme, the Sinovac-Coronvac vaccine will solely be made accessible as a booster to individuals who’re medically ineligible to obtain the mRNA vaccines and the Novavax vaccine. Persons receiving the Novavax vaccine for his or her major vaccination sequence are really useful to obtain two doses not less than 21 days aside.
Those receiving the Novavax vaccine for his or her first or second booster dose are really useful to obtain it from about 5 months after their final dose.
Persons aged not less than 18 will must be medically ineligible to all of the COVID-19 vaccines below the programme to be thought of medically ineligible for vaccination in Singapore and exempted from vaccination-differentiated protected administration measures.
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