Today-Jan 4

Singapore has secured enough vaccines for all citizens, permanent residents and long-term residents, with the supplies due to arrive here by the third quarter of this year, Health Minister Gan Kim Yong said on Monday (Jan 4) as he gave an update on the Covid-19 situation in Parliament. The vaccine will be free for all three groups, which total about 5.7 million people. Long-term residents include employment pass, S-Pass and work permit holders, foreign domestic workers, dependent pass, long-term visit pass and student pass holders. The first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines — the first to be approved for use here — arrived in Singapore on Dec 21 and was administered to staff from the National Centre for Infectious Diseases from Dec 30. 

Read more at: https://www.todayonline.com/singapore/enough-vaccines-secured-all-sporeans-prs-and-long-term-residents-who-can-get-it-free-gan