An officer from the Singapore Police Force at the vaccination centre at the Home Team Academy. - All pictures via The Straits Times/ANN SINGAPORE, Feb 27 (The Straits Times/ANN): About 26,200 Home Team officers have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as at Friday evening (Feb 26).
Of these, 19,058 officers have received their second doses, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a statement on Saturday.
MHA s vaccination exercise started with 80 officers involved in front-line healthcare operations receiving vaccinations on Jan 11.
They were among about 1,050 to be vaccinated first, including Singapore Civil Defence Force s (SCDF) Emergency Medical Services officers, staff from the Home Team Medical Services Division, and other front-line officers.
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More than 26,000 Home Team officers have received COVID-19 vaccine: MHA
SCDF officers assembled and ready for their vaccination at HQ SCDF. (Photo: Singapore Civil Defence Force)
27 Feb 2021 12:50PM (Updated:
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SINGAPORE: A total of 26,218 Home Team officers have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Feb 26. Of these, 19,058 have received their second dose, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) said on Saturday (Feb 27).
The ministry started the first phase of the vaccination exercise for 1,050 officers involved in frontline healthcare operations on Jan 11.
SINGAPORE - About 26,200 Home Team officers have received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as at Friday (Feb 26).
Of these, 19,058 officers have received their second doses, said the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in a statement on Saturday.
MHA s vaccination exercise started with 80 officers involved in front-line healthcare operations receiving vaccinations on Jan 11.
They were among about 1,050 to be vaccinated first, including Singapore Civil Defence Force s (SCDF) Emergency Medical Services officers, staff from the Home Team Medical Services Division, and other front-line officers.
They included staff from the Home Team Science and Technology Agency (HTX) and the Singapore Prison Service (SPS).
Singapore s Ministry of Home Affairs starts vaccination exercise for Home Team’s frontline healthcare officers
Tuesday, January 12th 2021
The Ministry of Home Affairs, Singapore started the vaccination exercise for Home Team officers involved in frontline healthcare operations on 11 January 2021 as per a press release.
The exercise includes:
Staff from the Home Team Medical Services Division
Frontline officers from the Home Team Science and Technology Agency - who run laboratory tests on the swab samples taken from travellers
Frontline officers from Singapore Prison Service’s medical services division.
This is in line with the Expert Committee’s recommendation for persons at risk of being infected by COVID-19, in particular healthcare workers and workers at the frontline of our national COVID-19 response, to be vaccinated first.
SINGAPORE - The start of the vaccination exercise for the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will see 80 Home Team officers involved in front-line healthcare operations receiving their Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 shot on Monday (Jan 11).
A total of 1,050 officers will be progressively vaccinated in the coming weeks, the ministry said in a statement.
The vaccination exercise, including the second dose, is expected to be completed in six weeks.
The personnel involved include Singapore Civil Defence Force s (SCDF) Emergency Medical Services (EMS) officers, staff from the Home Team Medical Services Division, and front-line officers from the Home Team Science and Technology Agency and Singapore Prison Service.