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Covid-19 vaccine likely to be widely available only at the end of 2021, says Singapore MOH official

Friday, 24 Jul 2020 07:34 PM MYT

SINGAPORE, July 24 — A vaccine for Covid-19 is likely to be widely available only at the end of 2021, Associate Professor Kenneth Mak said. He also said that Singapore is “extremely interested” in working with various pharmaceutical companies with the view of being able to gain access to promising vaccine candidates.

Singapore is not banking on any individual vaccine candidate and the Government has plans to diversify access to a vaccine, he added.

 

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