Singapore Health Ministry in its statement said that the country will accelerate its national COVID-19 vaccination programme from Saturday (June 26)  and will administer up to 80,000 vaccine doses daily, a 70 per cent increase from the 47,000 daily doses currently.

According to the leading internal media Straits report, the ramp-up is due to the delivery of vaccine supplies being brought forward, The health ministry expects to add another 50,000 new slots in the next few days for people making their first dose appointments from now till mid-July.

If supplies continue to arrive as planned, most of the population who are willing to take the vaccine will have received their first dose by the second half of July, health minister Ong Ye Kung said. Singapore has administered over 5 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine as of Wednesday, Ong said.

More than 3 million people, or about 53 percent of the population, have received their first dose. Of these, two million, or 36 percent of the population, have received their second dose and are fully vaccinated, as per reports.

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