'Significant' problems linked to Sinovac vaccine in other countries: MOH official

Director of medical services Kenneth Mak addresses reporters at a virtual press conference aby the multi-ministry taskforce on COVID-19

Addressing reporters at a virtual media briefing by the multi-ministry taskforce on the coronavirus, Associate Professor Kenneth Mak said that Singapore has been assessing the experience of countries such as Indonesia, which has vaccinated a "larger proportion" of the population using CoronaVac.350 doctors and medical workers in Indonesia were infected with COVID-19

"So it does give the impression that the efficacy of different vaccines will vary quite significantly," said Prof Mak, stressing that Singapore has "great confidence" in the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines, of which more than 4.7 million doses have so far been administered in the country.

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