Singapore gets Asia's first batch of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

Singapore received its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, according to its flag carrier, ahead of a rollout in the city-state that health officials have said could be as soon as two-three weeks away. Singapore Airlines, which carried the vaccines on board one of its freighters from Belgium, did not specify the size of the batch. Singapore is the first Asian country to receive the Pfizer-BioNTech shots after it said last week that it had approved the companies’ vaccine. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, 68, has said he would be among the early recipients of the vaccine in the nation of 5.7 million people, which has one of the lowest coronavirus fatality rates globally. “Delighted to see the first shipment of vaccines arrive in Singapore,” Lee posted on Facebook on Monday, adding that the authorities will announce details of a rollout in due course.<br/>