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SINGAPORE – Every Singaporean who needs it will have access to a Covid-19 vaccine should one become available, said National Development Minister Lawrence Wong on Tuesday (June 9).
Outlining Singapore’s strategy to control the spread of the coronavirus in a national broadcast, he pledged that if and when a vaccine is ready, “we will make sure that every Singaporean who needs it gets it, and at an affordable price.”
Mr Wong said that a vaccine is an important part of the long-term solution to the crisis.
Singapore, which has a pharmaceutical industry and research capabilities in biomedical science, is involved in a “massive global effort” to develop a vaccine, said the minister, who is co-chair of the multi-ministry task force tackling the pandemic.
There are now at least 130 vaccine candidates being developed globally, including in Singapore.
Duke-NUS Medical School is working with US firm Arcturus Therapeutics on a vaccine, which involves getting the human body to produce part of Sars-CoV-2, the name of the virus that causes Covid-19.
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