Singapore sends 100,000 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Brunei

[Mista]

SINGAPORE: Singapore has contributed 100,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as part of bilateral cooperation with Brunei to tackle the ongoing pandemic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Saturday (Aug 20).

“This contribution is part of both governments’ intent to deepen cooperation and extend mutual support to combat this pandemic together,” said MFA.Singapore’s High Commissioner to Brunei Heng Aik Yeow handed over the vaccines to Brunei's health minister Mohd Isham Jaafar on Thursday.

Earlier this week, Singapore announced that it would launch vaccinated travel lanes with Brunei and Germany.

Under the travel lanes, fully vaccinated travellers departing from Germany or Brunei can enter Singapore without serving a stay-home notice.

They must, however, undergo multiple COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests – a pre-departure test within 48 hours of the scheduled flight, an on-arrival test at Changi Airport, and post-arrival tests on days three and seven at a designated clinic in Singapore.

Singapore sends 100,000 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Brunei

SINGAPORE: Singapore has contributed 100,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as part of bilateral cooperation with Brunei to tackle the ongoing pandemic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Saturday (Aug 20). “This contribution is part of both governments’ intent to deepen co

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Tbh, Brunei is rich enough to procure their own vaccines. I would rather the help go to Malaysia since they're our closest neighbors and we're connected by land.

 

[KampfAlwin]

SINGAPORE: Singapore has contributed 100,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as part of bilateral cooperation with Brunei to tackle the ongoing pandemic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Saturday (Aug 20).

“This contribution is part of both governments’ intent to deepen cooperation and extend mutual support to combat this pandemic together,” said MFA.Singapore’s High Commissioner to Brunei Heng Aik Yeow handed over the vaccines to Brunei's health minister Mohd Isham Jaafar on Thursday.

Earlier this week, Singapore announced that it would launch vaccinated travel lanes with Brunei and Germany.

Under the travel lanes, fully vaccinated travellers departing from Germany or Brunei can enter Singapore without serving a stay-home notice.

They must, however, undergo multiple COVID-19 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests – a pre-departure test within 48 hours of the scheduled flight, an on-arrival test at Changi Airport, and post-arrival tests on days three and seven at a designated clinic in Singapore.

Singapore sends 100,000 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to Brunei

SINGAPORE: Singapore has contributed 100,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as part of bilateral cooperation with Brunei to tackle the ongoing pandemic, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) said on Saturday (Aug 20). “This contribution is part of both governments’ intent to deepen co

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Tbh, Brunei is rich enough to procure their own vaccines. I would rather the help go to Malaysia since they're our closest neighbors and we're connected by land.

Thank you Singapore! I'm going to get my 2nd dose of Moderna next week and luckily, 2nd doses are reserved. For Brunei, I think procuring vaccines is an availability problem, not cost problem.

 

[Mista]

Thank you Singapore! I'm going to get my 2nd dose of Moderna next week and luckily, 2nd doses are reserved. For Brunei, I think procuring vaccines is an availability problem, not cost problem.

100K vaccines can help to vaccinate around 10% of Brunei's population.

Despite the recent spike, I think Brunei is doing pretty well so far.

 

[KampfAlwin]

100K vaccines can help to vaccinate around 10% of Brunei's population.

Despite the recent spike, I think Brunei is doing pretty well so far.

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I hope we are. At first, we lack the testing capacity, so we don’t have the full picture of the severity. Luckily, a few inflatable labs were flown in from China days ago, so testing capacity should be solved by then as well as an increase in vaccinations, augmented by Singapore’s donation . It’s pretty scary, but I know we can fight it just like last time!

 

[Yongpeng Sun-Tastaufen]

Probably expired ones. mRNA has very short shelf life compared to inactivated and viral vector.

 

[Leishangthem]