[pinkypanther]

Immunocompromised persons and seniors will be eligible for booster Covid-19 vaccination shots starting sometime this month, depending on when they had their earlier two doses. This is to ensure that they are sufficiently protected from severe illness from the coronavirus, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Friday (Sept 3).


MOH said that the expert committee on Covid-19 vaccination had recommended this move based on the efficacy of booster doses administered globally.


At a press conference on Friday, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung, who co-chairs the Government's Covid-19 task force, said that while vaccines still offer protection against infection, the strength of the protection will “come down as antibodies wane several months after the vaccination”.


In its statement, MOH said that those who are moderately to severely immunocompromised will receive a third dose of the same messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA) vaccine two months after their second dose as part of their primary vaccination course. 


This is because immunocompromised people have a “blunted immune response to vaccination and are also at a higher risk of severe illness from Covid-19”, it added.

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[Huliwang]

How to know who and who are immunocompromised? Is there any symptom or something to indicate you are one of them?....

[sporeguy]

How to know who and who are immunocompromised? Is there any symptom or something to indicate you are one of them?....

What can cause me to become immunocompromised?

Being immunocompromised can be due to many causes:

• chronic medical conditions, such as heart disease, lung disease, diabetes, HIV, and cancer
  
• autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, multiple sclerosis, and rheumatoid arthritis
  
• medications or treatments, such as radiation therapy
  
• transplants, such as bone marrow or solid organ
  
• advanced age
  
• poor nutrition
  
• pregnancy
  
• a combination of any of the above
  

https://www.healthline.com/health/immuno...ompromised