China's Sinopharm Covid-19 vaccine could soon be available in Singapore


The Sinopharm vaccine is administered in two doses given three to four weeks apart. - Reuters

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): China's Sinopharm vaccine could soon be made available in Singapore, with several private healthcare groups already taking steps to secure doses of the jab.

This will likely see it becoming the fourth Covid-19 vaccine available here, as the country ramps up nationwide vaccination rates in order to ease restrictions on social gatherings and get the economy back to normal.

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