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Data from 79 real-world studies show that AstraZeneca and mRNA Covid-19 vaccines provide equal protection against hospitalisation and death after two doses, several experts said on Wednesday.

Covid-19 booster shots will be given to 12 to 17-year-olds when schools reopen next month, the Department of Disease Control (DDC) said on Sunday.

Half the dose of an mRNA vaccine can provide as much immunity as a full dose, a top virologist said recently.

The French ambassador to Thailand on Monday handed over 3.2 million doses of the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine to Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha.

SINGAPORE - A booster shot with the Moderna vaccine offered older people better protection against Covid-19 if they had previously taken Pfizer jabs, researchers at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) have found.

It is not necessary to give children an inactivated and mRNA vaccine cocktail because two doses of an mRNA vaccine provide plenty of protection, Somsak Lolekha, president of the Paediatric Society of Thailand, said recently.

A cocktail of Sinovac and Pfizer Covid-19 vaccines was approved by the Public Health Ministry’s Immunity Promotion Subcommittee for children aged 12 to 17.

The first batch of orange-cap Pfizer vaccines for children aged 5-11 years was delivered to Thailand on Wednesday morning, Department of Disease Control director-general Dr Opas Karnkawinpong said on Thursday.

The Ministry of Public Health is working on a plan for fully vaccinated people who have already received a booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine to keep their immunity high, especially against the Omicron variant, a news source said on Monday.

The Centre for Covid-19 Situation Administration (CCSA) on Thursday approved Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine for children 5-11 years old.

People given two jabs of Sinovac followed by a booster of AstraZeneca or Pfizer had high protection against the Omicron variant, renowned virologist Dr Yong Poovorawan said on Saturday.

Covid-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 that the government has ordered from Pfizer will be delivered to Thailand by the end of January, or by early February the latest, Department of Disease Control (DDC) revealed on Wednesday.