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Singapore has unveiled plans to vaccinate frontline banking staff against Covid-19 making it one of the first countries to inoculate workers of the financial services industry.

Currently, banking staff associated with key operations in important financial institutions in Singapore were asked to state their interest in getting vaccinated, Reuters reported citing the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS).

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The inoculation programme includes local lenders DBS Group Holdings, OCBC and UOB as well as global financial majors including HSBC, Standard Chartered and Citigroup.

OCBC Bank operational risk management head Patrick Chew told the news agency: “Our employees performing essential roles in critical operations have been invited to indicate their interest to be vaccinated under this programme.”

However, it is not immediately clear when the vaccinations will begin.

Notably, Singapore began inoculations on 30 December 2020 and has already completed vaccinating most of the frontline workers in healthcare and aviation sectors.

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According to MAS, the vaccination drive will include bank workers associated with essential financial services and support services such as cash withdrawals and deposits, treasury management and payments.

Reuters quoted the central bank as saying: “The vaccination programme will be rolled out to these essential workers in the financial sector in phases.”

As of 4 March 2021, Singapore has reported nearly 60,000 Covid-19 cases and 29 deaths. The city-state aims to make vaccines available for its entire population by the end of this year.