Singapore says almost 80% of population to be fully vaccinated by Sept

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Almost 80% of Singapore's population will be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by early September, the city state's health minister Ong Ye Kung said on Monday.

About 54% of the country had already received both doses of an mRNA vaccine, Ong told parliament. Singapore has approved vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna.

(Reporting by Aradhana Aravindan and Chen Lin in Singapore; Editing by Ed Davies)