Singapore saw the fewest deaths among those administered a Moderna Inc. shot and the most among those who received Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s vaccine, with the city-state’s highly inoculated population providing a glimpse into how different immunizations are holding up in the real world.
Of the 802 people who died from COVID-19 last year in the city-state, 555, or about 70%, weren’t fully vaccinated, health minister Ong Ye Kung told parliament Monday, showing the life-saving impact of inoculation.
Singapore found 11 deaths per 100,000 among people who received Sinovac shots and 7.8 deaths among those with Sinopharm. This number fell to 6.2 deaths for those with the messenger RNA (mRNA) shot jointly developed by Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE, and 1 fatality in those who were administered the vaccine from Moderna.
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