Singapore approves Covid-19 vaccine for children ages five to 11; vaccinations to start before end of year

Children from five to 11 years old will be able to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty vaccine from the end of the month. - The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE, Dec 11 (Reuters): Singapore will start Covid-19 vaccinations for children aged five to 11 years before the end of this year, its health ministry said late on Friday (Dec 10).

The South-East Asian city-state has already vaccinated 87% of its 5.5 million population, and authorities were rushing to get children vaccinated amid concerns over rising number of paediatric Covid-19 cases.