Health
Japan COVID-19 inoculations off to snail pace start due to vaccine, syringe shortages – KELO AM-FM
By Rocky Swift TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s COVID-19 inoculation campaign is moving at a glacial pace, hampered by a lack of supply and a shortage of spe…
By Rocky Swift
TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s COVID-19 inoculation campaign is moving at a glacial pace, hampered by a lack of supply and a shortage of specialty syringes that underscore the enormous challenge it faces in its aim to vaccinate every adult by the year’s end.
Since the campaign began three weeks ago, just under 46,500 doses had been administered to frontline medical workers as of Friday.
At the current rate, it would take 126 years to vaccinate Japan’s population of 126 million. Supplies…
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