Singapore aims to give children under the age five Covid-19 vaccines

About 3.9% of the 1.7 million Covid-19 cases reported in Singapore since the start of the pandemic were children under five, according to the Ministry of Health. - filepic from The Star/ANN

SINGAPORE, July 26 (Bloomberg): Singapore is looking to vaccinate children between six months and four years towards the fourth quarter of this year, following the death of two children from Covid-19 infections in the city-state over the past two months.

The authorities are currently doing the necessary preparation to roll out the vaccines, Singapore’s Ministry of Health said in an emailed response to Bloomberg News.