A medical worker prepares a syringe at a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination center in Singapore, March 8, 2021. REUTERS FILE PHOTO
SINGAPORE — Almost 80% of Singapore’s population will be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by early September, the city state’s health minister Ong Ye Kung said on Monday.
About 54% of the country had already received both doses of an mRNA vaccine, Ong told parliament. Singapore has approved vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.
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