Boosters for teens? Not yet


PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry is not considering offering booster Covid-19 vaccine doses to adolescents at this point in time, says its director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic).

This is despite countries like Singapore and the United States recently moving to authorise a third jab for those aged 12 to 17, amid the current surge in cases due to the highly contagious Omicron variant.

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