Local data does not currently show an increased risk of ischaemic stroke after receiving either the Moderna or the Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent Covid-19 vaccines, the Ministry of Health (MOH) said on Saturday.
"The safety profile of the bivalent mRNA vaccines has been observed to be similar to that of their monovalent versions," the ministry said in response to media queries.
This comes after data from the Vaccine Safety Datalink, under the United States Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), suggested that those aged 65 and above may have an increased risk of an ischaemic stroke - which can interrupt blood supply to the brain - within 21 days of receiving a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent vaccine.
However, the US CDC and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said the data suggests that it is "very unlikely" that there is a genuine clinical risk, the New York Times (NYT) reported on Saturday.
MOH noted that the risk was seen in one vaccine safety monitoring system, but not observed and validated in other US safety systems or analyses, or those of other countries.
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