MOH rolling out updated COVID-19 vaccines, closing joint testing and vaccination centres

MOH rolling out updated COVID-19 vaccines, closing joint testing and vaccination centres

SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Health (MOH) will be rolling out updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna and closing Singapore’s joint testing and vaccination centres (JTVCs). The two vaccines are the updated JN.1 PfizerBioNTech/Comirnaty and JN.1 Moderna/Spikevax jabs.  Both have been approved by the Health Sciences Authority, said MOH in a press release on Friday (Oct … Read more

Iris Koh and husband ordered to pay HSA S$12,000 in costs, court finds abuse of process: AGC

Iris Koh and husband ordered to pay HSA S,000 in costs, court finds abuse of process: AGC

SINGAPORE: Activist Iris Koh and her husband Raymond Ng Kai Hoe have been ordered to pay S$12,000 (US$9,338) in costs to the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) after failing to mount a judicial review against the authority. The court found that the couple’s application was an abuse of process and granted HSA’s bid for the case … Read more

Commentary: Four years in, why are some people hesitant about COVID-19 vaccine boosters?

Commentary: Four years in, why are some people hesitant about COVID-19 vaccine boosters?

SINGAPORE: I felt something akin to nostalgia when I visited the Joint Testing and Vaccination Centre at Kaki Bukit last week to get a COVID-19 booster jab. This was the location where, almost exactly a year ago, I received my last booster. And while the COVID-19 landscape in Singapore has changed in the ensuing 12 … Read more