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Singapore 'might well be the most vaccinated country in the world': Ong Ye Kung

Published Mon, Aug 16, 2021 · 09:50 PM

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    Singapore

    THE vast majority of Singapore's seniors now have at least partial protection against Covid-19, with 85 per cent of those aged 70 and above having received at least one shot of a vaccine, said Health Minister Ong Ye Kung on Monday.

    The vaccination rate for the next oldest group - aged 60 to 69 - is even higher, at over 90 per cent, he said.

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