218: Daily Dose @ 5: Exam students to get Pfizer COVID-19 jabs in July, SKorea to mix-and-match COVID-19 vaccine for 760,000 people

<div>AMONG the headlines for Friday, 18 June, 2021, the coordinating minister for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin said that, exam students of Form Five and Form Six would be given their first dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine starting next month, in order to open up the option of sending these students back to school soon.<br /><br /> Also, at least about 760,000 South Koreans who have received a first dose of AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine will be offered Pfizer’s vaccine as a second shot due to shipment delays by global vaccine sharing scheme COVAX.<br /> <br /> Listen to the top stories of the day, reporting from Astro AWANI newsroom — all in 3-minutes.<br /> <br /> We bring you the headlines, weekdays at 5 pm.<br /> <br /> Stay informed on <a href="http://astroawani.com">astroawani.com</a> for these news and more.<br /> <br /> </div>