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Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu, an NCID senior consultant, getting vaccinated December 30, 2020. Ministry of Communications and Information handout via TODAY
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SINGAPORE, Dec 31 Several hours after getting their first jabs of the Covid-19 vaccine at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID), none of the first 40 vaccine recipients in Singapore have reported any significant side effects so far, a spokesman from the centre told
TODAY at around 6pm.
Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu, 43, an NCID senior consultant who got the jab yesterday morning, said: “With vaccines in general, what usually happens is that you may get some pain in the arm or a bit more than that, like a fever.
updated: Dec 30 2020, 15:59 ist
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-yeaecomes first country in r-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.
Dr Kalisvar Marimuthu has been priming his loved ones over the last three months for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Singapore s first and only approved Covid-19 vaccine.
And yesterday, his anticipation of the momentous event came to fruition when the 43-year-old senior consultant at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) rolled up his sleeve as the second Singaporean to receive the jab, at NCID s Day Treatment Centre. I m feeling good and lucky. feeling a bit emotional because the vaccine is potentially a game changer, Dr Kalisvar, who manages suspected and confirmed Covid-19 cases, told reporters after his injection. It has been a long journey for us to reach here, it has been tough for all of us. Vaccines have brought pandemics to their knees in the past, he said, adding that he hoped history would repeat itself.