S’pore Will Have COVID-19 Vaccination Centres; Jabs Also Available in Polyclinics & GP Clinics

Thinking of getting vaccinated against Covid-19 because you want to do your part in making Singapore safe?

Wondering how it’ll be like when the vaccine is rolled out to the general population?

Well, on 11 Jan 2021, there’s been an update on the Covid-19 vaccine situation in Singapore, and there’s only one apt way to put it:

It’s going to be fast and furious.

S’pore Will Have COVID-19 Vaccination Centres; Jabs Also Available in Polyclinics & GP Clinics

Singapore’s chief health scientist, Professor Tan Chorh Chuan, told the media that “soon”, Singapore will have Covid-19 vaccination centres.

These centres, he said, will allow a “large number of people” to be vaccinated.

But vaccination isn’t just going to be provided at these centres.

Polyclinics, public health preparedness clinics (PHPC) and GP clinics will also be able to offer the Covid-19 vaccination jabs soon too.

This way, people in Singapore are able to get a more convenient and comfortable vaccination experience.

Don’t Skip The Second Dose Because The First Makes You Uncomfortable.

For those who want to know how vaccines work, you can read more here.

But basically, what a vaccine does is to introduce a weakened version of the virus into your body, inducing your body into producing the protein that’ll give you immunity to the virus.

This means that the side effects of the jab could result in minor side effects like pain and fever, but that’s perfectly normal.

Professor Tan hopes that people will not be put off from getting the second dose because of the side effects.

He stressed that several of the first vaccine takers were on the Expert Committee on Covid-19 vaccination.

He’s spoken with them and, so far, they are all “fine”.

You can only get the full protection if you get the two required doses, spaced 21 days apart.

While they’re still investigating the duration of immunity granted by the vaccine, they expect it to be one to two years even though the official data from Pfizer only said three months.

More Clinical Trials Ahead

Interested in doing your part in the battle against Covid-19?

Singapore is now planning to look for volunteers for a few clinical trials.

They won’t be studying the efficacy, but the vaccine response instead.

Current Status Of Vaccination

So far, many people have taken the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine, the only vaccine approved for use in Singapore to date.

Other than the first batch previously reported, 80 Home Team officers and 50 eldercare workers from Ren Ci’s Bukit Batok nursing home have taken the jab.

1,050 more Home Team officers are expected to be vaccinated in the coming weeks.

PM Lee has also taken the jab and he’s doing fine so far.

The authorities will also go all-in to share information and educate people in Singapore about the Covid-19 vaccine to encourage more to get vaccinated.

Something that’s sorely needed given how misinformation about Covid-19 is so prevalent in Singapore’s unofficial news sources (read: WhatsApp).

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