Carian mengenai topik Covid booster

For now MOH only encouraged people, especially those in vulnerable and high-risk groups, to take a third COVID booster shot.

This is an effort to improve immunisation strategies amid concerns that its most-used jabs appeared to be weaker against variants.

It was likely that fourth doses would more likely be needed for subsets of people who mount weaker immune responses, such as the elderly and immunocompromised.

A person's vaccination status will be considered "overdue" if they have not received a booster within six months of their second dose.

England's health service said it will expand its COVID-19 booster vaccination programme to include 16 and 17-year-olds from Monday.

Many scientists tracking the data believe it's the right time for the move.

The comments came just before the U.S. government said it planned to make the booster shots widely available to all Americans.

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The FDA and CDC said: "We are prepared for booster doses if and when the science demonstrates that they are needed."