Japan
Suga says all Japanese will receive vaccine shots by winter
Tokyo/Sputnik: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said the country planned to wrap up its vaccination campaign by the end of the fall.
"Mass vaccination in workplaces and universities will begin on June 21. By the end of this month the number of vaccines administered will exceed 40 million. If we keep it going we estimate we will have all those who want it vaccinated between October and November," he said.
Japan began vaccine rollout on February 17, administering shots to 4.7 million front-line medical workers until mid-April.
The campaign has been criticized for its slow pace.
Support Our Journalism
We cannot do without you.. your contribution supports unbiased journalism
IBNS is not driven by any ism- not wokeism, not racism, not skewed secularism, not hyper right-wing or left liberal ideals, nor by any hardline religious beliefs or hyper nationalism. We want to serve you good old objective news, as they are. We do not judge or preach. We let people decide for themselves. We only try to present factual and well-sourced news.
Support objective journalism for a small contribution.
