SINGAPORE - Clinical trials are under way to approve appropriate vaccines for children under 16, the last group in the country to be offered a jab.
But while experts note that youngsters are not as likely to transmit the virus and are not a major reservoir of infections, the medical profession said that inoculating this cohort is vital for the community to achieve herd immunity.
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