[Japon] Japan scrambles to speed up slowest booster rollout among developed nations

Auteur : Osamu Tsukimori. Staff writer de The Japan Times.

Production : The Japan Times

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Date : 1er février 2022

The slow COVID-19 booster rollout in Japan is expected to accelerate in February, its third month, after the first two months ended with less than 4% of all residents in the country having received their third shot — less than a third of the government’s target.

Source : Osamu Tsukimori, « Japan scrambles to speed up slowest booster rollout among developed nations », The Japan Times, 01/02/2022. URL : https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/02/01/national/japan-slow-booster-rollout/ (consulté le 01/02/2022)

Photo « à la une » : A member of the public arrives for a COVID-19 booster shot at a mass vaccination site in Tokyo on Monday. | AP / VIA BLOOMBERG