12 Senior staff nurse Sarah Lim of Singapore s National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) receives a Covid-19 vaccination, administered by senior staff nurse Kho Wei Lian (left), at the NCID Day Treatment Centre in Singapore, as the city state began its vaccination exercise with the first batch of healthcare workers on Wednesday. (Photo by Kevin LIM / The Straits Times / AFP)
SINGAPORE: Singapore began vaccinating healthcare workers with Pfizer-BioNTech s Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday, kicking off one of Asia s first inoculation programmes against a pandemic that has killed more than 1.7 million people globally.
Sarah Lim, a 46-year-old nurse, and 43-year-old infectious diseases doctor Kalisvar Marimuthu were among the more than 30 staff at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases who were vaccinated on Wednesday, the health ministry said.
SINGAPORE (Dec 30): Singapore began vaccinating healthcare workers with Pfizer-BioNTech s Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday, kicking off one of Asia s first inoculation programmes against a pandemic that has killed more than 1.7 million people globally.
Sarah Lim, a 46-year-old nurse, and 43-year-old infectious diseases doctor Kalisvar Marimuthu were among the more than 30 staff at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases who were vaccinated on Wednesday, the health ministry said.
They will return for the second dose of the vaccine on Jan 20. Vaccines have managed to bring pandemics down to their knees before. So I am hopeful that this vaccine will do the same, Marimuthu said in recorded remarks provided by the health ministry.
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SINGAPORE. Singapore began vaccinating healthcare workers with Pfizer-BioNTech s COVID-19 vaccine on Wednesday, kicking off one of Asia s first inoculation programmes against a pandemic that has killed more than 1.7 million people globally.
Sarah Lim, a 46-year-old nurse, and 43-year-old infectious diseases doctor Kalisvar Marimuthu were among the more than 30 staff at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases who were vaccinated on Wednesday, the health ministry said.
They will return for the second dose of the vaccine on Jan. 20. Vaccines have managed to bring pandemics down to their knees before. So I am hopeful that this vaccine will do the same, Marimuthu said in recorded remarks provided by the health ministry.
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NCID nurse becomes first person in Singapore to receive COVID-19 vaccine A total of 40 healthcare workers at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases received their first COVID-19 vaccination on Wednesday.
Senior staff nurse Sarah Lim became the first person in Singapore to receive a COVID-19 vaccination on Wednesday (Dec 30), with a total of 40 healthcare workers at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) receiving the jab. Cheryl Goh reports. 2 related media assets (image or videos) available. Click to see the gallery.
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