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This was even though some solutions were as novel as the pathogen itself - some vaccine candidates were being developed with new technologies that have not been used in any other vaccines on the market. The data was limited, so risks had to be taken and bets made after careful analysis of available information. They all paid off on Monday night (Dec 21), when Singapore became the first nation in Asia to receive doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. This, just weeks after Britain and the United States received theirs. Professor Benjamin Seet, who oversees the expert panel that provide...

SINGAPORE - The urgency in tackling the Covid-19 pandemic has seen a quickened process in developing, and approving, a vaccine, but experts say multiple steps have been taken to ensure that any vaccine rolled out in Singapore is safe. The vaccine by Pfizer-BioNTech was granted authorisation for use here by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA) under the pandemic special access route. It is the only one the HSA has approved so far, although others are being studied. But even during these unprecedented times, steps have been taken to ensure the safety of vaccines that will be used here, said two ...

The Straits Times How Singapore took steps to ensure access to Covid-19 vaccines Singapore's first batch of Covid-19 vaccines being unloaded at the Sats Coolport cold chain facility at Changi Airport on Monday night.PHOTO: MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION Among those who helped Singapore procure Covid-19 vaccines are (from left) Associate Professor Tan Say Beng, executive director of National Medical Research Council; Ms Goh Wan Yee, senior vice-president and head of healthcare and wellness strategy at EDB; Professor Benjamin Seet, deputy group chief executive for education and res...