SINGAPORE - Around 73,000 people aged 12 to 39 have booked their vaccination appointments as at noon on Friday (June 11), the first day Singapore extended its vaccination programme to this age group.

The Ministry of Health (MOH), in an update to The Straits Times, said that the figure accounts for almost three-quarters of the 100,000 people in the age group who have received their SMS invitations to book appointments for vaccination.