Prognosis
Singapore Approves Pfizer Vaccine and Enters Last Phase of Curbs
- First shipment of vaccines expected to arrive before year-end
- City-state to ease virus curbs, enter phase 3 on Dec. 28
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Singapore has approved the use of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE’s coronavirus vaccine and expects the first shipments by the end of the month, by which time it also plans to move into the final phase of its virus curbs.
Other vaccines are expected to arrive in Singapore “in the coming months,” Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in a speech on Monday, adding the country will have enough for everyone by the third quarter of next year. Meanwhile, Singapore will further ease restrictions to stem the spread of the virus on Dec. 28, expanding the number of people allowed to gather from five to eight.