December 30th, local time, Singapore officially launched the coronavirus vaccination program. Healthcare workers at Singapore’s National Infectious Diseases Center became the first to be vaccinated.
According to Singapore media reports, the first employee of the National Center for Infectious Diseases to be vaccinated was a 46-year-old female nurse.
The National Center for Infectious Diseases predicts that more than 30 employees will be vaccinated on the 30th, and the center will arrange for them to be vaccinated with a second dose of vaccine 21 days later, that is, on January 20 next year. The rest of the staff will also be vaccinated in January next year.
According to the vaccination plan announced earlier by the Singapore government, the first batch of vaccines will be used to meet the needs of medical workers and front-line workers in the fight against the epidemic.
The elderly and other vulnerable people with weak resistance will be vaccinated from February 2021. All residents of Singapore are expected to complete vaccinations by the third quarter of 2021.
In response to the threat of the coronavirus epidemic, the Singapore government signed a vaccine purchase agreement and paid for the purchase of the goods with three pharmaceutical companies, including Beijing Kexing Biotechnology, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals and Modena, in April 2020.
In December 2021, the Singapore government announced that it would provide free vaccination for all residents.
