Lee Hsien Loong says Singapore signed advance purchase agreements and made early down payments for “the most promising” Covid-19 vaccine candidates, including with Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, and Sinovac.
Malaysia has the fifth highest number of total Covid-19 cases in ASEAN, nearing Singapore’s some 58,000 cases, and the fourth highest number of total Covid-19 deaths in the region.
Malaysian and Singaporean citizens and permanent residents living or working in Johor can self-quarantine at home, while those living or working outside Johor will be quarantined in government-designated stations.
Mutually agreed public health protocols need to be in place before reopening borders, says Singapore's Foreign Affairs Minister Dr Vivian Balakrishnan.