Singapore gets Asia's first batch of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine


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  • Monday, 21 Dec 2020

The first shipment of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine arrives in Singapore December 21, 2020. The Straits Times/Kua Chee Siong via REUTERS SINGAPORE OUT. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Singapore received its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, according to its flag carrier, ahead of a rollout in the city-state that health officials have said could be as soon as two-three weeks away.

Singapore Airlines, which carried the vaccines on board one of its freighters from Belgium, did not specify the size of the batch.

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