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VIRUS OUTBREAK: PHASE 2 TIGHTENING

Singapore considers giving more people at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose

Strategy may help given rising community cases, limited vaccine supply: Ong Ye Kung; all schools to shift to full home-based learning from Wed

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Claudia Chong

Claudia Chong

Published Sun, May 16, 2021 · 09:50 PM

    Singapore

    THE Singapore government is considering giving as many people as possible at least one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in the second phase of the nation's vaccination exercise.

    Many international studies show that at least one dose can provide good protection from the virus without compromising efficacy, new Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said at a Covid-19 multi-ministry task force press conference on Sunday evening.

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