Lee mentioned on Monday evening he was “delighted” to see the effective arrival of the initially shipment, describing it as a “welcome ‘present’ that we’ve all been looking forward to”.
In a Facebook post, he thanked the agencies and workers that created the shipment feasible, and mentioned the multi-ministry process force handling the COVID-19 outbreak in Singapore would announce facts of the roll-out “in due course”.
“It’s been a long and arduous year. I hope that this news will give Singaporeans cheer this festive season, and reason to be optimistic for 2021,” he mentioned.
Lee has mentioned that he and his Cabinet colleagues will be obtaining themselves vaccinated early to show every person that they think the vaccines are secure. For the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, two doses are needed, to be administered 21 days apart.
Other vaccinations are also anticipated to arrive in Singapore in the coming months, and the nation ” will have enough vaccines for everyone” by the third quarter of 2021.
Vaccinations in Singapore will be voluntary and priority will be offered to these at greatest danger, such as frontline and healthcare workers, as nicely as the elderly and the vulnerable, Lee had mentioned.
Thereafter, an Expert Committee on COVID-19 Vaccination has proposed to progressively vaccinate the rest of the population and to cover every person who desires a vaccination by the finish of 2021. Vaccinations will be no cost for all Singaporeans as nicely as lengthy-term residents at the moment in Singapore.