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Singapore's Covid-19 vaccine programme will kick into high gear in the coming weeks, with more than 60,000 people having received their first doses of the jab, said Health Minister Gan Kim Yong. While delays are expected for vaccine shipments due to supply issues, the Government is monitoring the situation closely to ensure there are enough jabs for all Singaporeans and long-term residents by the third quarter of this year. Mr Gan, co-chair of the multi-ministerial task force tackling the pandemic, said at a media briefing yesterday that about 10,000 individuals received their vaccine doses o...
SINGAPORE - Unlike the migrant worker population - where almost 50 per cent of those living in dormitories have tested positive for Covid-19 - the prevalence rate of the virus in the larger community is much smaller, said the Health Ministry's director of medical services Kenneth Mak on Monday (Dec 14). This lower rate, based on a serology sampling study conducted in the community between September and October, reflects people's adherence to Covid-19 safety measures, he said. Elaborating on the study, Associate Professor Mak said it found only four out of 1,600 subjects had a positive serolog...