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Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong receives Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccination
Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has received the COVID-19 vaccine developed by pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech.
Key points:
- Mr Lee and his Cabinet will be among the first Singaporeans to be vaccinated to show it is safe
- Singapore approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for use in December and received shipments from Belgium
- The country’s outbreaks have been overwhelmingly concentrated in dormitories for migrant workers
Singapore was the first Asian country to receive shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is also being rolled out in the US, UK and European Union.
“[I] was at Singapore General Hospital this morning to take a look at the start of COVID-19 vaccinations for healthcare workers from…
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