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Singapore has approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for pandemic use and expects delivery of the first injections by the end of December, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said.
Lee says the first shipment should arrive by the end of this month, making Singapore one of the first countries to get the vaccine.
The city-state hopes to have enough vaccinations for everyone by the third quarter of 2021, Lee added, and it will make it free for all Singaporeans and long-term residents.
Lee said he and other government officials would be among the first beneficiaries, after healthcare workers, frontline workers, the elderly and the vulnerable.
“My colleagues and I, including the elderly, will get vaccinated early. This is to show them, especially the elderly like me, that we believe vaccines are safe,” he said in a national broadcast.
Other countries that have approved the use of the vaccine also include the US, UK, Canada, Kuwait, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and Mexico, according to reports.
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