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400,000 needy families to get vouchers worth $50
They can be used for food or essential goods and services at 8,100 shops and hawker stalls
Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat and South West District Mayor Low Yen Ling holding a placard at the launch of the second tranche of vouchers under the Community Development Council Vouchers Scheme at Bedok Community Centre yesterday. With them are (from left) North West District Mayor Alex Yam, People s Association chief executive director Lim Hock Yu, Central Singapore District Mayor Denise Phua, North East District Mayor Desmond Choo, South East District Mayor Fahmi Aliman and Federation of Merchants Associations, Singapore president Yeo Hiang Meng.PHOTO: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
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Health Minister Gan Kim Yong shed more light on Singapore’s COVID-19 vaccination strategy in a ministerial statement on Monday (4 Jan), as Parliament sat for the first time in the new year.
Aside from answering questions on the supply and operation of the vaccines, Mr Gan also provided a closer look at the safety, efficacy and side effects of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is the only COVID-19 vaccine that has been approved for use in the immediate term. Read Mr Gan’s speech in full here:
Mr Speaker, Sir, thank you for allowing me to give an update to members on the COVID-19 situation, and specifically on our plan to vaccinate our population. Minister Lawrence Wong and I will address Oral Questions 2 to 14 and Written Questions 15 to 18 from today’s Order Paper, as well as questions filed by MPs for future sittings.