Singapore receives Asia's 1st shipment of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccines

Singapore received its first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines for COVID-19 on Monday, becoming the first country in Asia to receive the shots."The first shipment of COVID-19 vaccines landed in Singapore this evening," the government said in a short statement.Singapore Airlines transported the vaccines from Belgium, and the shipment was received by Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung at Changi airport.The airline said it was "the first Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine shipment to be delivered to a country in Asia."Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced earlier this month that the government h…READ FULL ARTICLE