Health
Japan starts vaccine rollout with healthcare workers – FRANCE 24
Tokyo (AFP)
Japan began vaccinating healthcare workers against the coronavirus on Wednesday, as it rolled out a cautious inoculation programme with just over five months until the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
Japan has so far approved only the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, and started administering the first shots at a Tokyo hospital on Wednesday morning.
Tokyo Medical Centre director Kazuhiro Araki volunteered to be the first at the facility to receive the shot.
“The vaccine plays an important role in anti-coronavirus…
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