February 02, 2021
The selection involved many cold calls to companies to find out more about their vaccines
The Straits Times
SINGAPORE - Last June, Singapore sealed its first deal to buy Covid-19 vaccines - before any of the more than 200 vaccine candidates had even started their phase three clinical trials.
It decided not to wait for the trials, and even paid a premium on the price, in order to secure some early stock of vaccines for people here at high risk, such as healthcare workers and the elderly.
That was for the Moderna mRNA vaccine, which has yet to be approved for use here.
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Dr Benjamin Seet oversaw medical support for United Nations staff in 16 post-conflict countries from 2004 to 2006.
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Last June, Singapore sealed its first deal to buy Covid-19 vaccines - before any of the more than 200 vaccine candidates had even started their phase three clinical trials.
It decided not to wait for the trials, and even paid a premium on the price, in order to secure some early stock of vaccines for people here at high risk, such as healthcare workers and the elderly.
That was for the Moderna mRNA vaccine, which has yet to be approved for use here.
Singapore signed two more purchase agreements in August - with Sinovac which produces a traditional vaccine, and PfizerBioNTech which also uses mRNA.
CALOOCAN CITY, Dec. 13 (PIA) Health Secretary Francisco T. Duque III appealed to the public not to be complacent now that recent news on vaccine progress and procurement has been holding out hope for many Filipinos.
Duque stressed that the risk of contracting COVID-19 is still as high, and that the fight against COVID-19 in the country is not yet over. We cannot relax because of the news of vaccines. We still have to sustain strong health measures even when the immunization against COVID-19 in our country begins. Otherwise, we might undo all the progress we’ve made over the past months, Sec. Duque said.