Prognosis
Booster Shots Raise Shield For Elderly Threefold, Singapore Says
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A booster Covid-19 shot brings about a dramatic reduction in the rate of severe illness and death among those 60 years and above, compared to those who received only two doses, Singapore’s health minister said, citing local data from one of the world’s most inoculated places.
One in 100 elderly who did not receive a booster nine months after being vaccinated was susceptible to severe illness or death after infection. Among those with a third shot, that rate fell to just three in 1,000, Ong Ye Kung said in a speech to a Singapore community care work plan seminar on Monday.