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Residents aged below 45 are set to receive invitations to book their slots for Covid-19 vaccinations from June as Singapore makes steady progress in its inoculation drive.
This estimated timeline is based on the current schedule for the vaccine roll-out, Senior Minister of State for Health Janil Puthucheary told Parliament yesterday. If all goes well, we will complete the vaccination programme as scheduled by the end of the year, he said.
Updating the House on Singapore s inoculation programme, Dr Janil said that as of last Saturday, about 1.05 million individuals have received at least one dose of the vaccine.
Of these, more than 468,000 have received their second dose and completed the full vaccination regimen.
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Singapore opposition politician crowdfunds US$98,840 to pay PM Lee Hsien Loong in defamation case Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Photo: Reuters
A lawyer for the Singapore opposition politician ordered by a court to pay Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong S$133,000 (US$98,840) for defamation said he had raised enough cash from donations to fully cover damages.
Leong Sze Hian of the Peoples Voice Party was ordered on March 24 to pay S$133,000 to Lee for posting a link to a Malaysian news site that alleged the city state s leader had helped launder 1Malaysia Development Berhad funds.
Since then more than 2,000 people had donated to a crowdfunding campaign on social media to raise the full amount, Lim Tean, Leong s lawyer, said in a Facebook post on Monday.
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Minister for Culture, Community and Youth and Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong speaks during the Community of Supply debate on Mar 2, 2021.
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SINGAPORE: The Ministry of Law (MinLaw) is launching a number of programmes to widen access to justice for all Singaporeans, said Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong on Tuesday (Mar 2).
“There have been observations that the COVID-19 pandemic has worsened what some might term the ‘justice gap’,” said Mr Tong during the Committee of Supply debate.