Japan’s vaccine supplies limited, delaying shots for nation’s elderly – ABC News

Japan will only receive limited doses of COVID-19 vaccines for the first months of the rollout and shots for the elderly will be distributed gradually, the country’s inoculation chief says.
Key points:

• Japan’s inoculation campaign kicked off last week, with doctors and nurses getting the first shots
• The nation has negotiated to receive 144 million doses of Pfizer’s vaccine the only one it has approved
• Pfizer has increased production of its vaccine but increased supplies are not likely to reach Japan…

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