Bigbird Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 Individuals encouraged to get vaccinated for COVID-19 to provide better protection at 'community level': Gan Kim Yong https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/singapore/covid-19-first-vaccination-pfizer-gan-kim-yong-moh-13865916 Quote SINGAPORE: Individuals should get vaccinated to protect themselves from COVID-19 infection and "for better protection for the whole (of) society”, said Minister for Health Gan Kim Yong. “While vaccination will remain voluntary, we do want to strongly encourage Singaporeans to get vaccinated when their turn comes,” said Mr Gan, speaking to reporters at the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) on Wednesday (Dec 30). The vaccination will protect each individual from COVID-19 infection, he added. “But at the society level, the community level, if more Singaporeans are vaccinated, it will provide better protection for the whole (of) society.” READ: NCID nurse becomes first person in Singapore to receive COVID-19 vaccine A total of 40 NCID healthcare workers were the first people in Singapore to receive the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccination earlier on Wednesday. They will return on Jan 20, 2021 for the second dose of the vaccine. The remaining NCID staff will be progressively vaccinated, alongside National Healthcare Group management and staff from January, said NCID in a fact sheet on Wednesday. Responding to questions on vaccinations for Cabinet members, Mr Gan said the ministry is "working out the plans" to ensure "continuity" in the Cabinet by getting members vaccinated in different groups. He stressed, however, that healthcare workers will remain the top priority for vaccination. With more people vaccinated and protected against COVID-19 infection, this will also allow community and economic activities in Singapore to return to normal as soon as possible, said Mr Gan. “It is also important that through vaccination, we are hoping to reduce, to keep the number of infections low. This will help to preserve healthcare capacity. All of us know that our healthcare workers have been working very hard over the last few months ... And we can do our part, by getting vaccinated, so that we can reduce the risk of infection and thereby reducing the load on our healthcare workers," he said. “When our turn comes, I can assure you that both PM and myself will be among the first to step forward to be vaccinated,” Mr Gan also said, adding that more details will be shared later. READ: 'COVID-19 vaccine gives me assurance I can go home safely to my kids': NCID nurse Mr Gan said that international travel has ground to a halt because of COVID-19 border controls and effective vaccination would allow many travel routes to be reestablished, connecting Singapore to the rest of the world. But relaxing the travel restrictions also “depends on multiple factors”, not just vaccination, said the health minister, citing safe management measures in the destination countries. “Vaccination alone will not allow you to just simply open up and forget about all the safe distancing measures,” he said, adding that decisions will be made on a case-by-case or country-by-country basis. “(This is) depending on the countries they want to go to and depending on whether there is a high prevalence of cases in those areas or whether the precaution measures in those areas are adequate.” The vaccine will be extended to healthcare workers in other public health institutions, including private hospitals, in the next few weeks and months, said Mr Gan. Coverage will also be extended to priority groups, including frontline workers and senior citizens, starting with those aged 70 and above. It will then be progressively extended to the rest of the population. The Government aims to complete the vaccine coverage by the end of 2021, he added. “We want to reassure our Singaporeans that our priority over the next few months is to ensure that the vaccines that we use are safe and effective, and that we are able to roll out this programme to the whole population smoothly and in an orderly manner.” 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, Bigbird said: Responding to questions on vaccinations for Cabinet members, Mr Gan said the ministry is "working out the plans" to ensure "continuity" in the Cabinet by getting members vaccinated in different groups. Please sign in or sign up for an account to view this content. 4 hours ago, Bigbird said: When our turn comes, I can assure you that both PM and myself will be among the first to step forward to be vaccinated,” Mr Gan also said, adding that more details will be shared later Please sign in or sign up for an account to view this content. 4 hours ago, Bigbird said: Mr Gan said that international travel has ground to a halt because of COVID-19 border controls and effective vaccination would allow many travel routes to be reestablished, connecting Singapore to the rest of the world. Please sign in or sign up for an account to view this content. Edited December 31, 2020 by Bigbird 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates469bc Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 all the vaccines not peer-reviewed, no difference from feel-good placebo. really think i bo study biology. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted December 31, 2020 Author Share Posted December 31, 2020 @socrates469bc The efficacy of the "Vaccine" is 1 issue, The other is the safety! What makes it worst is the insistence on mass opening of borders & importing new virus disregarding the welfare of Sinkies! The xiaxuey mindset is very similar to "Not Sick no need to wear mask" episode! A gamble to save their A$$! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XianGe Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 32 minutes ago, socrates469bc said: all the vaccines not peer-reviewed, no difference from feel-good placebo. really think i bo study biology. BBC dun even want to compare with sinovac... Lol 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aaur4man Posted December 31, 2020 Share Posted December 31, 2020 voluntary is bullshit eventually it will be so difficult to do anything without vaccine, have to llst get Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
socrates469bc Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 17 hours ago, Bigbird said: @socrates469bc The efficacy of the "Vaccine" is 1 issue, The other is the safety! What makes it worst is the insistence on mass opening of borders & importing new virus disregarding the welfare of Sinkies! The xiaxuey mindset is very similar to "Not Sick no need to wear mask" episode! A gamble to save their A$$! the most important issue is effectiveness which was missing thruout vaccine evaluation. no monkey trial and no human trial mean vaccines approved r nothing more than placebo. the pappy xiaxuay mindset shld be exploited gao gao during the jul erection but oppo too stupid to use it. but then again, the masses have itchy pgds which can only be eased by constant poking every 5 yrs or so. wahahahahahhahaha 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_King Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 I think healthcare worker is the first Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 1 hour ago, The_King said: I think healthcare worker is the first Of course, they are the ones who will have clean up Xiaxuay Gambling shit! When sh1t hits the fan, they will say " Unprecedented" event & they have no "Hindsight"! So lets move on! L@mpar!!!! A company pays top $ for a person for his foresights & experiences, not someone to be reactive! Oh yah, i forgot these parachuted generals can only work within a "10 yrs series" framework! What a bunch of Expensive babooms! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ODACHEK Posted January 2, 2021 Share Posted January 2, 2021 Take vaccine can, but moi dun huan to sign anything b4 the jab. TVB for life... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbird Posted January 2, 2021 Author Share Posted January 2, 2021 31 minutes ago, ODACHEK said: Take vaccine can, but moi dun huan to sign anything b4 the jab. You cant have your cake and eat it! You go see u can take Flu vaccine in hospital and dont sign form a not! MOH also want to cover backside lah! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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