7 January 2022
Weekly Wrap Up: Covid-19: When must the booster shot be taken to maintain a fully vaccinated status?
According to the Ministry of Health, a person’s fully vaccinated status will lapse 9 months or 270 days after the last dose of their primary vaccination series from 14th February. This announcement comes as an effort to prepare Singapore for a large omicron wave that could see a peak of 15,000 cases a day in the worst case scenario. Assistant Professor Hsu Li Yang, Vice Dean of Global Health, NUS Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health shares the effectiveness of booster jabs in containing the predicted surge in omicron infections and what the Singapore healthcare system is doing to prepare for it.

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15 May 2021
Weekends: The future of Covid-19 in Singapore amid new strains and new rules
Glenn van Zutphen and award-winning author Neil Humphreys speak to Hsu Li Yang, Vice Dean, Global Health, NUS about the spike in Covid-19 community cases and new virus strains in Singapore, what can be done to get the situation under control and avoid future restrictions.

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