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OYK answers your questions. 
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These are some FAQs, following our MTF press conference two days ago.
Why do we need a 9-month expiry date after the 2 doses of mRNA vaccines / 3 doses of Sinovac/Sinopharm vaccines?
Because protection will wane over time. This can be restored with a booster dose, which is recommended 5 months after mRNA vaccines and 3 months after Dose 3 for Sinovac/Sinopharm.
We will allow individuals up to 270 days to get a booster. The policy will take effect from Monday, 14 Feb 2022.
How to calculate my vaccination validity?
Here’s an example:
Say you got your Dose 2 of mRNA vaccine on 1 June 2021
Around 150 days or 5 months later, 1 Nov 2021 – Eligible for booster
270 days or about 9 months later, 26 Feb 2022 – Get boosted by this date to be considered fully vaccinated
Day 271, 27 Feb 2022 – Fully vaccinated status will lapse if booster is not taken
If I have been infected and recovered, what is the recommendation for boosters?
If you have recovered well from an infection, without complications, your immune system would have gone through a strong stimulus. Think of it as a fairly powerful vaccination shot.
There can be various combinations of infection with vaccination doses.
You may be infected after you have completed two doses, before you started vaccination, or in between the two doses.
Say an mRNA vaccine dose is V and infection is I, the three combinations are:
V+V+I: You got three stimulants, and you are considered boosted.
I+V+V : You got three stimulants, and are considered boosted.
V+I+V: You are fully vaccinated, but not boosted. This is because the timing between two doses is 3 to 4 weeks, and to get infected in between, means the first V and the I are too close in timing together, and they are not separate stimulants to your body. You need V+I+V+V to be considered boosted.
Rule of thumb, if you are infected while unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, you need two more doses to be considered boosted.
But there’s no rush to get boosted if you have I+V or V+I+V. Our experts tell us that under these scenarios, the immunity takes longer to wane, beyond 9 months. So you will get the green light for booster VDS until our experts advise that it is time to boost. But if you want the extra protection, it is safe to get the boost, and our Vaccination Centres will allow you to do so.
Now that we must get a third dose to get our vaccination status extended, does that mean there will be a fourth, fifth, sixth dose?
Israel is the only country so far to administer a fourth dose for people who are not immunocompromised.
It is too early to answer that question. If we look at an endemic disease like Influenza, people take annual vaccines to protect themselves. This is because the Influenza virus keeps mutating so a new vaccine dose is necessary every year. So whether we need future COVID-19 vaccine doses, depends on how fast the protection from three doses wanes, and whether the virus keeps mutating.
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Ong Ye Kung
1 hr ·These are some FAQs, following our MTF press conference two days ago.
Because protection will wane over time. This can be restored with a booster dose, which is recommended 5 months after mRNA vaccines and 3 months after Dose 3 for Sinovac/Sinopharm.
We will allow individuals up to 270 days to get a booster. The policy will take effect from Monday, 14 Feb 2022.
Here’s an example:
Say you got your Dose 2 of mRNA vaccine on 1 June 2021
Around 150 days or 5 months later, 1 Nov 2021 – Eligible for booster
270 days or about 9 months later, 26 Feb 2022 – Get boosted by this date to be considered fully vaccinated
Day 271, 27 Feb 2022 – Fully vaccinated status will lapse if booster is not taken
If you have recovered well from an infection, without complications, your immune system would have gone through a strong stimulus. Think of it as a fairly powerful vaccination shot.
There can be various combinations of infection with vaccination doses.
You may be infected after you have completed two doses, before you started vaccination, or in between the two doses.
Say an mRNA vaccine dose is V and infection is I, the three combinations are:
V+V+I: You got three stimulants, and you are considered boosted.
I+V+V : You got three stimulants, and are considered boosted.
V+I+V: You are fully vaccinated, but not boosted. This is because the timing between two doses is 3 to 4 weeks, and to get infected in between, means the first V and the I are too close in timing together, and they are not separate stimulants to your body. You need V+I+V+V to be considered boosted.
Rule of thumb, if you are infected while unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, you need two more doses to be considered boosted.
But there’s no rush to get boosted if you have I+V or V+I+V. Our experts tell us that under these scenarios, the immunity takes longer to wane, beyond 9 months. So you will get the green light for booster VDS until our experts advise that it is time to boost. But if you want the extra protection, it is safe to get the boost, and our Vaccination Centres will allow you to do so.
Israel is the only country so far to administer a fourth dose for people who are not immunocompromised.
It is too early to answer that question. If we look at an endemic disease like Influenza, people take annual vaccines to protect themselves. This is because the Influenza virus keeps mutating so a new vaccine dose is necessary every year. So whether we need future COVID-19 vaccine doses, depends on how fast the protection from three doses wanes, and whether the virus keeps mutating.
OYK gives out Edusave and Education Merit awards.
Started giving out Edusave & Education Merit Awards in the constituency last weekend.
We did it differently this year to minimise large gatherings, and decentralised the awards giving by residential areas. Got to meet about 1,800 students across 8 locations in #Sembawang Central, with another 300 more next month.
I congratulate all awardees for their hard work and achievements. More school activities are gradually resuming. I hope that from now, school life will be less disrupted for students. Let’s work together to make that happen!
#MakeSembawangSpecial
Ong Ye Kung
12 hrs ·Started giving out Edusave & Education Merit Awards in the constituency last weekend.
We did it differently this year to minimise large gatherings, and decentralised the awards giving by residential areas. Got to meet about 1,800 students across 8 locations in #Sembawang Central, with another 300 more next month.
I congratulate all awardees for their hard work and achievements. More school activities are gradually resuming. I hope that from now, school life will be less disrupted for students. Let’s work together to make that happen!
#MakeSembawangSpecial
OYK is preparing something special. 
What do these photos have in common? They are our #PeopleOfSembawang.
Some BTS (behind the scenes) shots of something special that we are preparing, will share more next week.
Ong Ye Kung
14 hrs ·What do these photos have in common? They are our #PeopleOfSembawang.
Some BTS (behind the scenes) shots of something special that we are preparing, will share more next week.
OYK talks pompous shit again. 
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At the first #SingaporePerspectives 2022 forum today, I shared stories of a few great cities — New York City, Chang An and Jericho. Each city has lessons we can draw from them.
There is a New York City in us — modern-day metropolis and well connected to the world. #Singapore has to be like a smartphone, with a good operating system and packed with apps and not to be switched off easily.
Next, political capitals like Chang An. We need to run an effective state as good governance is key while we embrace diverse views.
Lastly, the ancient city of Jericho where the people share a common faith, a common fate.
But we are not a New York City, not a Chang An nor a Jericho. So what makes Singapore, a city, state and nation, unique?
We are “One United People“ on this little red dot. Sharing my full speech here: https://www.moh.gov.sg/.../speech-by-mr-ong-ye-kung...
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Ong Ye Kung
6 hrs ·At the first #SingaporePerspectives 2022 forum today, I shared stories of a few great cities — New York City, Chang An and Jericho. Each city has lessons we can draw from them.
There is a New York City in us — modern-day metropolis and well connected to the world. #Singapore has to be like a smartphone, with a good operating system and packed with apps and not to be switched off easily.
Next, political capitals like Chang An. We need to run an effective state as good governance is key while we embrace diverse views.
Lastly, the ancient city of Jericho where the people share a common faith, a common fate.
But we are not a New York City, not a Chang An nor a Jericho. So what makes Singapore, a city, state and nation, unique?
We are “One United People“ on this little red dot. Sharing my full speech here: https://www.moh.gov.sg/.../speech-by-mr-ong-ye-kung...
OYK celebrates Pongal.
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Today is Pongal, the harvest festival, particularly celebrated in South India. In #Sembawang, residents and volunteers will always make an effort to observe the significance of the festival.
Here's wishing everyone happy Pongal and good health, and may this be a year where we continue to reap the fruits of our hard work.
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Ong Ye Kung
14 hrs ·Today is Pongal, the harvest festival, particularly celebrated in South India. In #Sembawang, residents and volunteers will always make an effort to observe the significance of the festival.
Here's wishing everyone happy Pongal and good health, and may this be a year where we continue to reap the fruits of our hard work.
OYK met WHO Director General.
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The world is 55% urbanised today and will be 68% by 2050.
Our experience with SARS has shown that pandemics will spread the fastest in urban settings.
Recognising this, #Singapore worked with the World Health Organization (WHO) to launch the Framework for Strengthening Health Emergency Preparedness in Cities and Urban Settings.
Work on this important framework started even before COVID-19 struck. It covers key areas such as risk/crisis communication, governance and financing for health emergencies, and community engagement.
After the launch of the Framework, I met WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. We had a good discussion on the recent COVID-19 developments around the world and in Singapore, and looked forward to meeting each other at the World Health Assembly this year.
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Ong Ye Kung
1 hr ·The world is 55% urbanised today and will be 68% by 2050.
Our experience with SARS has shown that pandemics will spread the fastest in urban settings.
Recognising this, #Singapore worked with the World Health Organization (WHO) to launch the Framework for Strengthening Health Emergency Preparedness in Cities and Urban Settings.
Work on this important framework started even before COVID-19 struck. It covers key areas such as risk/crisis communication, governance and financing for health emergencies, and community engagement.
After the launch of the Framework, I met WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus. We had a good discussion on the recent COVID-19 developments around the world and in Singapore, and looked forward to meeting each other at the World Health Assembly this year.
OYK gets nice notes.
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Got a few nice and thoughtful notes from children and parents while I was giving out Edusave awards over the weekend. They made my day!
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Ong Ye Kung
Yesterday at 07:23 ·Got a few nice and thoughtful notes from children and parents while I was giving out Edusave awards over the weekend. They made my day!
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