SINGAPORE — Children in Singapore between the ages of five and 11 will be able to get vaccinated with paediatric doses of the Pfizer-BioNtech/Comirnaty Covid-19 vaccine before the end of the year, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said.
In a news release late on Friday (Dec 10) night, MOH said that the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) has approved the use of such doses for children here, and vaccination can commence once Singapore “receive deliveries of the vaccine doses”.
“This will be the first Covid-19 vaccine HSA has granted approval for use in Singapore for this age group,” MOH said.
It added that the multi-ministry taskforce handling the Covid-19 pandemic here has since accepted the recommendation by the Expert Committee on Covid-19 Vaccination.
The committee has assessed that the benefits of the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty vaccine outweigh the risks when used in a paediatric dosage for children aged between five and 11, “especially given ongoing community transmission and the emergence of the Omicron variant”, MOH said.
It added that children with moderate to severe chronic medical conditions be prioritised for access to the vaccine.
MOH said that the recommended dosage of the vaccine for children aged five to 11 is “one third of that used in persons aged
12 and above”.
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