Japan PM Suga orders creation of large-scale vaccination center in Tokyo
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Tuesday instructed Defense Minister Nobuo Kishi to set up a large-scale vaccination center in Tokyo to deliver COVID-19 shots to the elderly faster.
The center will launch on May 24 and be staffed by Self-Defense Forces doctors and nurses, running for about three months, Kishi said at a press conference. Nurses from the Japanese Self-Defense Forces are seen at a hospital in Hokkaido in December 2020, due to a shortage of health care workers following a series of coronavirus infections there. (Kyodo)
About 900,000 people aged 65 or older residing in the capital and neighboring Kanagawa, Chiba and Saitama prefectures are expected to mainly use the center, which will exclusively offer Moderna Inc. s vaccine, according to sources familiar with the plan.
The Japanese government is set to designate another four prefectures as requiring tougher restrictions to fight the latest wave of COVID-19 sweeping the country.
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Japan hospital worker infected with coronavirus after 2 vaccine shots
A hospital worker in central Japan who has received two vaccine shots was confirmed Sunday as infected with the novel coronavirus, as the country reported 2,777 daily cases with Tokyo and Osaka Prefecture continuing to see a rebound in infections.
Local authorities said the temporary staffer at a hospital in Ishikawa Prefecture had received doses of the vaccine developed by Pfizer Inc. on March 13 and April 3. The person has not shown any symptoms yet, they said. People wearing masks to protect against the novel coronavirus walk in Tokyo s Ginza shopping district on April 11, 2021, a day before quasi-emergency measures against the virus officially commence in the capital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo