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Singapore says almost 80% of population to be fully vaccinated by September

Singapore will have 80% of its population vaccinated by September.
Singapore will have 80% of its population vaccinated by September.
Image: REUTERS/DENIS BALIBOUSE

Almost 80% of Singapore's population will be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by early September, the city state's health minister Ong Ye Kung said on Monday.

About 54% of the country had already received both doses of an mRNA vaccine, Ong told parliament. Singapore has approved vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.

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