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US military makes vaccine progress in Japan, South Korea amid coronavirus resurgence
An airman assigned to the 51st Fighter Wing receives the one-shot Jannsen COVID-19 vaccine at Osan Air Base, South Korea, March 11, 2021.
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. U.S. Forces Korea and three military commands in Japan have announced plans to expand their vaccination programs to anyone 18 and older who is eligible in the military health care system. Meanwhile, Japan’s second most populous prefecture on Wednesday reported its highest one-day total of new coronavirus patients. Osaka prefecture announced another 878 newly infected people, exceeding the previous one-day record, 719, set Tuesday, according to public broadcaster NHK and prefectural data.
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