S'pore to start Covid-19 booster shots for kids aged 5-11 in fourth quarter

Singapore is preparing to start boosting children aged five to 11 years with the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty vaccine in the fourth quarter of this year, its Health Ministry said today.

The ministry said it has accepted the recommendations by the Expert Committee on Covid-19 Vaccination (EC19V), in full.

The EC19V has recommended that children of that age receive...