Booster Doses

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Covid booster vaccine rollout to begin across UK next week

The booster should be given at least six months after a second dose - with the Pfizer jab recommended.

Mr Javid made the announcement in the Commons as part of an autumn and winter plan for managing Covid in England.

The recommendation from the JCVI (Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation) comes amid concern about waning immunity.

There are some signs protection offered by the vaccine may start dropping off several months after the second dose - with the most vulnerable groups most at risk of this.

Those eligible for a booster jab include:

Those living in residential care homes for older adults
All adults aged 50 years or over
Frontline health and social care workers
All those aged 16 to 49 years with underlying health conditions that put them at higher risk of severe COVID-19
Adult household contacts of immunosuppressed individuals

https://www.bbc.com/news/health-58550833

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Singapore starts giving third vaccine doses to older residents

Singapore began administering additional Covid-19 shots to residents ages 60 and older on Tuesday as virus cases there are surging.  

About 900,000 seniors will be eligible for a third dose of Moderna or Pfizer-BioNTech, the Ministry of Health said, along with people with weaker immune systems. 

Singaporean officials say they are especially worried about a series of outbreaks at nursing homes.

New cases in the city-state have nearly quadrupled in the past two weeks despite one of the world’s most successful vaccination campaigns, which has fully inoculated more than 80 percent of people against the coronavirus. 

Other nations, including Israel, France and Germany, started offering additional doses to vulnerable groups as fears grew of waning immunity to variants of the virus. 

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/09/14/world/covid-delta-variant-vaccine/singapore-starts-giving-third-vaccine-doses-to-older-residents