Covid-19 vaccine's in town; will hospitality, aviation workers be next in line for jabs?
PM Lee had earlier said priority will go to "those at greatest risk: healthcare workers and frontline personnel, as well as the elderly and vulnerable"
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WITH the first batch of Covid-19 vaccines having arrived in Singapore on Monday night, attention has now turned to who are those likely to be inoculated first, given that "frontline" workers were mentioned as among the priority groups.
Apart from healthcare, these could include staff at entry points such as the airport and sea ports, said economists and industry groups.
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