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PM Lee participated in the APEC Informal Leaders Retreat on Jul 16. (Photo: MCI)
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SINGAPORE: Singapore intends to donate its COVID-19 vaccines under the COVAX vaccine-sharing initiative to other countries, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said on Friday (Jul 16).
Speaking at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Informal Leaders’ Retreat on COVID-19, Mr Lee said that countries whose vaccination programmes are ahead should make their excess vaccine supplies available to others.
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Asia-Pacific economies should support one another to tackle pandemics, and countries whose vaccination programmes are ahead should make their excess vaccine supplies available to others, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said yesterday.
Singapore therefore intends to donate its vaccines under the Covax initiative to other countries, he told a virtual gathering of leaders from the 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) members.
About 45 per cent of Singapore s population are fully vaccinated, and the country is on track to cover two-thirds of its people by National Day next month.
Covax is a global vaccine sharing scheme that aims to ensure an equitable supply for lower-and middle-income countries.
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