Singapore is in discussions with the other countries on mutual recognition of vaccine certificates, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said.

In the past two months Singapore, a regional hub for tourism and travel, has implemented its vaccination programme Covid-19. Shots of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have been approved.

“Even if each of us gears up to secure our own supplies, we must cooperate internationally so that all countries including developing ones have access to vaccines for their people,” Lee said in a video recording posted on Facebook on Wednesday.

“We are also discussing mutual recognition of vaccine certification with interested countries,” he said. Lee did not specify the countries.

This year Singapore is undergoing an unprecedented recovery in its economy, which recorded its worst recession as a result of the 2020 pandemic and would boost the return of more business and tourism.

The idea of vaccine certificates or the so-called "vaccine passports" for reviving economies and travel is explored amongst other nations in Greece, Spain and Britain.