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Japan’s vaccine supplies limited, delaying shots for nation’s elderly
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 until May
Pfizer, the maker of Japan’s only approved COVID-19 vaccine, is ramping up production in Europe, but those increased supplies are not likely to reach Japan until May, Administrative Reform Minister Taro Kono said in an interview on…
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