Singapore became the first Asian country to receive COVID-19 shots with the delivery of the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines on Monday evening.
The vaccine shipment was flown from Belgium by Singapore Airlines and was received by Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung at Changi airport.
Singapore is expecting vaccines from other manufacturers on the way in the coming months, expecting to have enough for everyone by the third quarter of next year.
Singapore will make the vaccinations available for free, but getting inoculated will be voluntary.
Moderna also agreed to supply its COVID-19 vaccine to Singapore.
The city-state is about to ease the restriction it had imposed in a semi-lockdown beginning April this year.
With a population of about 5.7 million, Singapore has reported just over 58,000 cases of infection so far, with most of them occurring in migrant workers.


Hims & Hers Halts Compounded Semaglutide Pill After FDA Warning
Toyota’s Surprise CEO Change Signals Strategic Shift Amid Global Auto Turmoil
Nvidia, ByteDance, and the U.S.-China AI Chip Standoff Over H200 Exports
SoftBank Shares Slide After Arm Earnings Miss Fuels Tech Stock Sell-Off
Global PC Makers Eye Chinese Memory Chip Suppliers Amid Ongoing Supply Crunch
Once Upon a Farm Raises Nearly $198 Million in IPO, Valued at Over $724 Million
OpenAI Expands Enterprise AI Strategy With Major Hiring Push Ahead of New Business Offering
Prudential Financial Reports Higher Q4 Profit on Strong Underwriting and Investment Gains
Taiwan Says Moving 40% of Semiconductor Production to the U.S. Is Impossible
Washington Post Publisher Will Lewis Steps Down After Layoffs
Anta Sports Expands Global Footprint With Strategic Puma Stake
Kroger Set to Name Former Walmart Executive Greg Foran as Next CEO
TrumpRx Website Launches to Offer Discounted Prescription Drugs for Cash-Paying Americans
Innovent Biologics Shares Rally on New Eli Lilly Oncology and Immunology Deal
SpaceX Pivots Toward Moon City as Musk Reframes Long-Term Space Vision
Rio Tinto Shares Hit Record High After Ending Glencore Merger Talks
Amazon Stock Rebounds After Earnings as $200B Capex Plan Sparks AI Spending Debate 



