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Number of Unvaccinated Employees Ceasing Employment in Last Three Months

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54 Dr Tan Wu Meng asked the Minister for Manpower of the 52,000 unvaccinated employees as of 19 December 2021, how many of these individuals have ceased employment since (i) 1 January 2022, (ii) 1 February 2022 and (iii) 1 March 2022.

Dr Tan See Leng: As of 27 March 2022, 98.4% of the total workforce has been vaccinated whilst the number of local and foreign employees who had not taken any vaccine dose has fallen considerably to 36,900. Data on the number of unvaccinated employees who have ceased employment since the Workforce Vaccination Measures came into effect in January 2022 will only be available in mid-2022.