Covid-19: Singapore to vaccinate children as community cases keep rising


People queueing to order food for takeaway at Clementi Market and Food Centre on Sunday, May 16, 2021. - TIMOTHY DAVID/The Straits Times-ANN

SINGAPORE, May 16 (Bloomberg): Singapore plans to vaccinate children under 16 years old after a recent rise of Covid-19 infections among students in the island state, according to Education Minister Chan Chun Sing.

The ministries of education and health are working out plans for the "vaccination of our students, ” Chan wrote on his Facebook page.

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