JAPAN PM ASKS PFIZER INC. TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SUPPLIES OF VACCINE

Highlights –

• Japan PM asks Pfizer Inc. to provide additional supplies of vaccine.
• Suga made the request to Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla in a telephone conversation.
• The govt. will expand tougher COVID-19 restrictions next week to all three major metropolitan areas.
• Japan recently began inoculating about 36 million people aged 65 or older.

Prime Minister Yos....