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COVID 19 VACCINES

Japan Times
JAPAN / FOCUS
May 12, 2021
How domestic clinical trials slow Japan's vaccine approval process
To achieve greater efficiency and flexibility, some have argued that Japan should institute its own version of the emergency use authorization framework seen in the U.S.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 12, 2021
Japan's coronavirus vaccine booking system crashes
Technical problems derailed Japan's coronavirus vaccination booking system on Wednesday, compounding frustration over the government's handling of its inoculation drive.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 12, 2021
As COVID-19 ravages India, one Mumbai slum succeeds in turning the tide
The pandemic crisis has forced both authorities and local people to rethink sanitation and public health issues.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
May 12, 2021
South Korea's COVID-19 vaccine shortages overshadow Moon-Biden summit
Uncertainties in the country's vaccine rollout amid global shortages and shipment delays are deepening public skepticism over Seoul's goal of reaching herd immunity by November.
Japan Times
WORLD / Science & Health
May 12, 2021
Doctors watch warily as severe COVID-19 infections target kids
Researchers are concerned that variants may be affecting youths in new ways, including a rare inflammatory disease called MIS-C that has been linked to COVID-19 infection.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 12, 2021
China’s Sinovac shot found highly effective in real world study
Indonesian data adds to signs out of Brazil that the shot is more effective than it proved in the testing phase, which was beset by divergent efficacy rates and questions over transparency.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 11, 2021
Ad campaign critical of Japan's coronavirus response makes waves
The full-page ad by Takarajimasha, featuring a World War II-era photo of Japanese children training to fight with sticks, was a rare rebuke of the pandemic response by a private firm.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 11, 2021
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 shot cleared for adolescents in U.S.
The move comes ahead of the summer camp season and before the start of the new school year in September.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 10, 2021
Vlad the vaccinator: Dracula's castle lures visitors with COVID-19 shots
Visitors to Dracula's castle are more likely to find puncture marks in their arms than their necks this month, after a COVID-19 vaccination center was set up at the Transylvanian attraction.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 10, 2021
Unused doses pile up as mistrust blights Hong Kong vaccine drive
So many shots are languishing that the government has warned that some will expire in September.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 10, 2021
Suga support rate hits new low after virus emergency extension
Asked whether they approved of his government's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, 63% of respondents to a JNN survey said they did not, a 13 percentage point increase.
Japan Times
OLYMPICS
May 9, 2021
World Athletics chief insists Olympics can overcome strong opposition
Speaking at a Tokyo 2020 test event hosted at National Stadium, Sebastian Coe said the troubled games would 'act as a beacon of hope and optimism.'
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 8, 2021
Japan asking all prefectures to set up mass vaccination centers
The government is hoping to use Moderna Inc.'s COVID-19 shot once it is approved as it looks to quickly ramp up the vaccine rollout amid signs of an explosive rise in new variant cases.
Japan Times
JAPAN
May 8, 2021
Unused COVID-19 shots piling up in Japan amid slow rollout
Japan imported 28 million doses of Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine through late April, but has so far used only 15% of the stockpile, with the remaining 24 million doses sitting in freezers.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
May 8, 2021
WHO approves Sinopharm vaccine in potential boost to COVAX pipeline
The vaccine, one of two main Chinese coronavirus vaccines, is the first developed by a non-Western country to win WHO backing.
Japan Times
WORLD
May 8, 2021
Britain free of coronavirus by August, outgoing vaccine task force chief says
Dix said he expects everybody in the U.K. to have been vaccinated at least once by the end of July, when 'we'll have probably protected the population from all the variants that are known.'

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