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Japan to receive second COVID-19 vaccine shipment on Sunday, Kono says
Japan will receive its second shipment of coronavirus vaccines on Sunday, vaccine programme chief Taro Kono said on Friday.
Published : 19 Feb 2021, 08:13 AM
Updated : 19 Feb 2021, 08:13 AM
The next shipment will have about 75,000 vials of the vaccine, Kono told reporters. The government is planning to send out supplies to the rest of the country in the first week of March, he said.
Japan launched its inoculation drive on Wednesday, giving medical personnel the Pfizer-BionTech vaccine. It is the last of the Group of Seven grouping of industrialised nations to begin vaccinations.
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