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Workers setting up a vaccination centre at Woodlands Galaxy Community Club in January. Typically, it takes 10 days to transform an empty room - usually a multipurpose hall in a community club - into a full-fledged vaccination centre.
PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO
Linette Lai , Linette Lai
In the race to get Singapore vaccinated on schedule, technology has proved to be an invaluable tool.
Behind each of the country's 38 vaccination centres is a vast virtual infrastructure that captures, sorts and catalogues each jab to make the process as efficient as possible.
