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Singapore will start vaccinating schoolchildren against the coronavirus soon, the prime minister said Monday, after officials warned that new strains were affecting youngsters more.\n <\/p>\n

The city-state recently tightened curbs following a slight uptick in cases, after months of reporting barely any local transmissions.<\/p>\n

This included closing schools amid signs that new variants, such as the one first detected in India, were affecting children in greater numbers.<\/p>\n

In a televised speech, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced school students aged 12 and over will be the next group to be inoculated.<\/p>\n

Health regulators app<\/a>roved the Pfizer\/BioNTech vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds this month. It was previously only allowed for those aged 16 and above.<\/p>\n

“In this latest outbreak, we have seen more cases of children getting infected, in schools and tuition centres,” Lee said.<\/p>\n

“The children were not seriously ill, but parents are naturally worried. Therefore, we will take advantage of the June holidays to vaccinate students.”<\/p>\n

The city’s more than 400,000 students can start booking vaccinations from Tuesday, with the first slots available Thursday, officials said.<\/p>\n

After schoolchildren, officials will inoculate adults 39 years and younger\u2014the final group that needs to be vaccinated in the prosperous city-state of 5.7 million. <\/p>\n

Lee also said Singapore looked on track to be able to ease its latest restrictions after June 13, as planned, as local transmissions steadily fall. The curbs include a two-person limit on gatherings and ban on dine-ins.<\/p>\n

By global standards, Singapore’s overall outbreak has been mild\u2014officials have reported just over 62,000 cases so far and 33 deaths since the start of the pandemic.\n <\/p>\n\n

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