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Healthy Ageing: Convincing Senior Citizens to Get Boosted
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16:00, 10 Feb 2022
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Guest: Dr Terence Ong, Consultant Geriatrician, University Malaya Medical Centre
Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin recently said that more than a million of senior citizens aged 60 and above have not gotten their COVID-19 booster. With the Omicron wave upon us, older adults remain a high risk group for developing severe COVID, so what’s fuelling this hesitancy? Why is it important for them to get the booster jab? Consultant geriatrician Dr Terence Ong from University Malaya Medical Centre weighs in.
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Presenter: Meera Sivasothy
Producer: Lim Sue Ann, Tee Shiao Eek
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Healthy Ageing: Convincing Senior Citizens to Get Boosted
43 mins
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16:00, 10 Feb 2022
Guest: Dr Terence Ong, Consultant Geriatrician, University Malaya Medical Centre
Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin recently said that more than a million of senior citizens aged 60 and above have not gotten their COVID-19 booster. With the Omicron wave upon us, older adults remain a high risk group for developing severe COVID, so what’s fuelling this hesitancy? Why is it important for them to get the booster jab? Consultant geriatrician Dr Terence Ong from University Malaya Medical Centre weighs in.
Image credit: Shutterstock
Presenter: Meera Sivasothy
Producer: Lim Sue Ann, Tee Shiao Eek
the bigger picture
health and living
covid-19
omicron
vaccine
pfizer
sinovac
booster
immunisation
vaccination
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third dose
ageing
senior citizens
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