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JAPAN FALLS SHORT OF SPECIAL SYRINGES FOR PFIZER’S COVID-19 VACCINE
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- Japan falls short of special syringes for Pfizer’s COVID1-9 vaccine.
- The country will be unable to inoculate its people with Pfizer’s vaccine as planned.
- Japan is likely to revise the number of doses from Pfiz...
JAPAN GOVT. TO MAKE GUIDELINES FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF COVID-19 VACCINES
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- Japan Govt. to make guidelines for the transportation of COVID-19 vaccines.
- The govt. said that the first batch of the Pfizer vaccine could arrive by Sunday.
- Japan is said to receive vaccine doses for around 157 million p...
JAPAN GOVT. RELEASES PLAN REGARDING PRIORITY GROUPS FOR COVID-19 VACCINES
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- Japan Govt. releases plan regarding priority groups for COVID-19 vaccines.
- The plan was presented by the government’s coronavirus countermeasures subcommittee.
- The framework declared people aged 65 years or older to...
JAPAN'S HEALTH MINISTER REQUESTS LOCAL AUTHORITIES TO STREGTHEN MEDICAL SYSTEMS
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- Japan's health minister requests local authorities to strengthen medical systems.
- The request was made to prepare regional medical systems from the ‘worst-case scenario’.
- Tamura asked central and local gov...
JAPAN HEALTH MINISTER ANNOUNCES TO TEST 15,000 PEOPLE FOR COVID-19 ANTIBODY TEST
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- Japan health minister announces to test 15,000 people for COVID-19 antibody test.
- The antibody tests will be done by the end of the year.
- The testing will take place in Tokyo, Osaka, and three other prefectures.
JAPAN’S HEALTH MINISTER AND SCIENTISTS URGING CITIZENS TO WEAR MASKS
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- Japan’s health minister and scientists urging citizens to wear masks.
- Japan has been recording a surge in COVID-19 cases, considered to be the third wave of infections.
- Norihisa Tamura has also asked the public to u...
JAPAN CONSIDER GIVING COVID-19 VACCINATION TO CERTAIN GROUPS OF PEOPLE AS PRIORITY
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- Japan considers giving COVID-19 vaccination to certain groups of people as a priority.
- The central govt. needs to work out a new framework for the large vaccination project.
- The state, however, will not force people to ta...
ELIGIBILITY FOR FERTILITY TREATMENT SUBSIDIES IN COMMON-LAW MARRIAGES TO BE DELIBERATED IN JAPAN
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- Eligibility for fertility treatment subsidies in common-law marriages to be deliberated in Japan.
- The current law of Japan allows only legally married couples for the subsidies.
- Policy Research Council chairman, Noritoshi...