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The adverse effects associated with mRNA Covid-19 booster shots are similar to those of the first two doses of such vaccines, and there is no increase in the frequency of such effects, the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said in its Nov 16 report on the safety of Covid-19 vaccines.

HSA said there were 200 adverse events reported after 854,268 people received the mRNA booster doses as at end-October. This amounted to 0.02 per cent of the doses administered.

Meanwhile, A trial on rolling out the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine among younger children in Singapore has started recruiting participants.

In a Facebook post on Tuesday (Nov 16), KK Women's and Children's Hospital (KKH) said that it is conducting a research study to assess how children here respond to Covid-19 vaccination.

In order to be eligible to participate, the children must be aged between five and 11 years old, have had no previous Covid-19 infection and are intending to get their Covid-19 jabs. Read more: https://str.sg/3GVi

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