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Singapore has received the first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to arrive in Asia, officials announced Tuesday.
In a statement, Singapore Airlines (SIA) said it has delivered the first shipment of the vaccines to the country, making it the first in Asia to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech shot. The delivery of this first batch of COVID-19 vaccines to Singapore is an important milestone in the fight against COVID-19, and we are honored to be able to play a part in this. It also served to demonstrate SIA s and the Singapore air hub s readiness for the very important job of transporting and distributing COVID-19 vaccines internationally, said Chin Yau Seng, Senior Vice President Cargo SIA.
The first shipment of Covid-19 vaccine arrives in Singapore on Dec 21, 2020.
SINGAPORE (The StraitsTimes/ANN): The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has landed in Singapore, a crucial first step to vaccinate the population.
The vaccine the first from Pfizer to arrive in Asia was carried by a Singapore Airlines (SIA) Boeing 747-400 freighter, SQ7979.
The flight had departed from Brussels, Belgium, on Sunday (Dec 20) and landed at Changi Airport at about 7.30pm on Monday (Dec 21).
The shipment was prioritised for loading into the aircraft in Brussels, as well as during unloading in Singapore, SIA said.
Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung, Kevin Shum, the director-general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and the chief executives of Changi Airport Group and SIA were among those who turned up at the airport to witness the arrival of the vaccine.
Tuesday, 22 December 2020, 3:57 pm
Singapore Airlines (SIA) delivered the first shipment of
Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines to Singapore yesterday
evening on board one of its Boeing 747-400 freighters. This
was also the first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipment to be
delivered to a country in Asia.
The vaccines were
carried on board SQ7979, a scheduled freighter service from
Brussels, Belgium, to Singapore. The flight departed on 20
December 2020 and arrived in Singapore on 21 December 2020
at approximately 1955hours.
The shipment was
prioritised for loading into the aircraft in Brussels and
was given similar precedence during unloading in Singapore.
It was then transported to SATS’s cold-chain facility,
The Straits Times
SINGAPORE - The first batch of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has landed in Singapore, a crucial first step to vaccinate the population.
The vaccine - the first from Pfizer to arrive in Asia - was carried by a Singapore Airlines (SIA) Boeing 747-400 freighter, SQ7979.
The flight had departed from Brussels, Belgium, on Sunday (Dec 20) and landed at Changi Airport at about 7.30pm on Monday (Dec 21).
The shipment was prioritised for loading into the aircraft in Brussels, as well as during unloading in Singapore, SIA said.
Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung, Mr Kevin Shum, the director-general of the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore and the chief executives of Changi Airport Group and SIA were among those who turned up at the airport to witness the arrival of the vaccine.