97% of Singapore workforce fully vaccinated; experts call for calibrated return to office

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Only about 75,000 of Singapore's workforce are unvaccinated as at Dec 5.

This reduction comes ahead of a Jan 1 requirement for all staff to be fully vaccinated to be able to return to the workplace.

Singapore's largest employer, the Public Service Division , said that its agencies have taken the time to speak with and strongly encourage unvaccinated officers to get inoculated to protect themselves and others.PSD said:"If an officer has special considerations and chooses not to be vaccinated even though he is medically eligible, we will engage him to discuss his concerns first, and also advise him to consult his doctor if necessary.

Dr Gan Wee Hoe, who leads SingHealth's Covid-19 vaccination operations group, said:"We have also invited staff who had Covid-19, who have witnessed their unvaccinated or partially vaccinated loved ones suffer from Covid-19 to share their personal experiences as a form of encouragement to their colleagues."

Professor Teo Yik Ying, dean of the National University of Singapore Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, said restrictions might be eased to allow perhaps 25 per cent to 50 per cent of staff to return to the workplace.

 

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