SINGAPORE: Arrangements have been in place to secure COVID-19 booster vaccines for your Omicron variant whenever they be recommended to be used, said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Sunday (Jul 10).
“MOH, the Health Sciences Authority and (Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination) EC19V are usually reviewing the security and effectiveness of COVID-19 booster vaccines that will also focus on the Omicron version, ” said the particular ministry in response to CNA’s queries.
“Arrangements are in place to secure supplies should these types of be recommended for use, ” it additional.
Both Pfizer and Moderna have been testing retooled versions of their vaccines to include the Omicron variant.
Previously this month, the European Medicines Company (EMA) and other global health regulators stated that COVID-19 vaccines tweaked to include the Omicron variant strain can enhance protection when utilized as a booster .
With shot effectiveness taking a strike as the virus evolves, an Omicron-specific booster could “increase and extend” protection, the particular EMA said.
In Singapore, about 50 per cent of COVID-19 infections were from the HANDBAG. 4 and HANDBAG. 5 subvariants, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said in Parliament on Jul 5.
He or she added that the percentage of infections brought on by the subvariants “has been doubling every week” and that it is expected to be 70 to 80 per cent this coming week.
However , Mister Ong said that the existing COVID-19 wave will not be as severe since the Omicron wave recording.