Singapore to give booster vaccine shot to people aged 60, older

The Singapore government said Friday it will start giving a booster vaccine shot to people aged 60 and older as well as immunocompromised people this month to better protect them against the coronavirus.The move comes as infections with the highly contagious Delta variant are increasing, even though the country has fully inoculated at least 80 percent of the population since vaccinations began in late December.Under the new policy, people aged 60 and older will receive a third shot six to nine months after completing a two-dose regimen of mRNA vaccine.Several Cabinet ministers who head the …READ FULL ARTICLE