The Ministry of Heath has rejected calls by the People's Power Party (PPP) to temporarily suspend Singapore's Covid-19 vaccination programme.
'Egregious and false claims': MOH rejects People's Power Party's call to suspend Covid-19 vaccination
It cited "studies and analyses by prominent medical experts”, which claimed that Covid-19 vaccines caused high incidences of severe side effects. Among the Covid-19 deaths in Singapore, there was an "over-representation" of people who were not fully vaccinated, added MOH, reflecting that they were more likely to die from Covid-19 infection compared to patients who were fully vaccinated.
Singapore is currently riding the FLiRT wave, comprising of the KP.1 and KP.2 strains, and the number of Covid-19 hospitalisations has gone up in recent weeks.In their statement, MOH acknowledged that there will be side effects to any vaccination - adding that they have been transparent about reporting the incidence of such cases.
"In particular, we highlighted the relatively higher incidence of myocarditis amongst young males, at about one in 100,000 doses." Another systematic review also showed that the risk of myocarditis is more than seven times higher in people infected by Covid-19 than those who were vaccinated.
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