Singapore is the first Asian country to receive its first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. and its German partner company, BioNTech. The Straits Times reported that the first batch of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine landed in Singapore on Monday. 
Singapore is among first few countries to approve and receive Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine. Other countries that have approved the Pfizer’s vaccine and carrying out vaccination are Britain, Canada, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, Mexico and the US. Singapore plans to inoculate its 5.7 million people by the third quarter of next year.
The shipment was received by Transport Minister Ong Ye Kung and was stored in a cold-chain facility for storage and distribution. Ong also assured that the city-state is capable enough to make sure that the process is secure. He added that Singapore also wants to become Covid-19 vaccine distribution hub for the region.
On December 14, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced that Singapore authorities have approved Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to use against coronavirus and the first shipment would likely to arrive by December-end.