Japan wellbeing ministry says it has approved Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine
15 February, 2021
Japan's health ministry stated on Sunday (Feb 14) that it provides officially accepted Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, the first such authorization in the country as it steps up initiatives to tame a third wave of infections in the run-up to the summertime Olympic Games.
The move have been widely expected after a government panel recommended approval on Friday, of which point Wellbeing Minister Norihisa Tamura said Japan would give its final approval immediately.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said vaccinations will commence from the middle of in a few days, you start with some 10,000 health workers. The federal government hopes to safe enough supplies for your populace - about 126 million persons - by mid-year.
Much of Japan is still under a state of emergency after its third & most deadly wave of the virus hit late last year. Situations and fatalities possess trended low in the past couple of weeks and Tokyo logged just under 400 instances in the capital on Sunday.
Japan has so far recorded about 410,000 coronavirus cases nationally and 6,772 deaths. The Olympic Video games are due to begin July 23.
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