SINGAPORE — Despite the benefits of vaccinations amongst seniors aged 60 and above, the proportion who are updated with their Covid-19 vaccinations have been declining.
The uptake has fallen from 58 per cent in the beginning of this year to 50 per cent now, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung in Parliament on Tuesday .
For those with minimum protection and kept their vaccination updated, such as having received their last shot is less than 12 months ago, the incidence of severe illnesses is even lower, at 3.4 per cent, said Mr Ong, who said the incidence rates cited are"overestimates" because of under-reporting of milder cases of Covid-19.
He said that falling vaccinations, even amongst the vulnerable segments of the population, is due to a few reasons. Some seniors are also concerned about the risk of side effects if they take further vaccination shots, Mr Ong. Mr Ong said that the current Covid-19 infection wave is the first Singapore has encountered since transiting to Dorscon Green, and that the nation had"weathered through it, without imposing any further public health measures".
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