Singaporeans, Chinese nationals queue up for Sinovac vaccine, despite regulators’ concerns over efficacy

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“I prefer and have more faith in the old system of inactivated virus,” said Ng Thin Onn, an 80-year-old Singaporean family doctor, who likened the Sinovac vaccine to the common flu shots that he takes every six months.

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Leong Hoe Nam, an infectious diseases expert at the Rophi Clinic, said calls started to flood in an hour after the 10.30pm announcement last Wednesday.

A woman reads a notice sign about ‘overwhelming response’ for the Sinovac vaccine at a clinic in Singapore. Photo: Reuters Ng said he believed in “real world results” instead of scientific trials and peer reviews, which have shown that Sinovac has a lower efficacy rate – about 51 per cent – compared to those produced by Pfizer and Moderna, which both have a rate of above 90 per cent.

Singapore, he added, was happy and confident with the two-shot Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines it uses. Health Minister Ong Ye Kung over the weekend stated that over half of Singapore’s 5.7 million population have received at least one dose of the vaccine – the first Southeast Asian country to pass this mark – and about 36 per cent have been fully inoculated.

Aaron Yang, vice-president of the association, said hundreds of people attended the virtual meeting. According to Yang, the embassy said there was no “special treatment” on quarantine length at this point, but added that it would be “very convenient” for foreigners who have taken the Sinovac vaccine when applying for a visa.

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