They are currently available to those aged 50 and above.
Speaking in Parliament on Thursday, Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said this will come as Singapore secures more supplies.
Those above 50 were initially prioritized for the bivalent vaccine due to their higher risk of severe disease from infection, he added.
The bivalent version of Moderna's Spikevax vaccine, which targets the original Sars-CoV-2 strain of the virus and the Omicron variants, was rolled out here on Oct 14.
Pfizer-BioNTech's bivalent Comirnaty vaccine is expected to be available by the end of 2022.
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