Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Japan to quickly raise daily booster shots to 1 mln as Omicron runs rampant

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TOKYO – Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Monday said he has put into action plans to rapidly increase the number of COVID-19 booster shots available to combat the highly-transmissible Omicron variant of the virus that is wreaking havoc on the country. At a lower house budget meeting on Monday, Kishida said he has informed … Read more

Japan to reopen mass COVID-19 vaccination center to speed up boosters

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TOKYO – A mass COVID-19 vaccination center in Tokyo was reopened by the Japanese government on Monday to offer COVID-19 booster shots amid criticism that the government has been slow to roll out the third jabs as the Omicron variant of the virus wreaks havoc in the capital and elsewhere. The mass vaccination center in … Read more