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Japan begins booster vaccine against omicron variant

Japan starts booster vaccine against omicron variant | Font: AFP

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Japan On Tuesday, the booster vaccination campaign against omicron variant belonging COVID-19giving priority to persons over 60 years of age and health workers who have not yet received fourth dose.

This campaign is part of the Asian country’s efforts to combat seventh wave of the pandemic it is expected to be extended from mid-October to people over twelve years of age who have received at least two doses of the vaccine.

The Japanese government plans to provide injections to anyone who requests them by the end of the year, coinciding with a period of high contagion that is the New Year’s celebration, although local authorities may reschedule this date.

omicron vaccine

Booster doses have been developed Pharmaceuticals Pfizer and Moderna and adapted to the omicron sub-variant, and were approved for production and sale in Japan Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare last week.

More than 102 million people or 80.4% of the country’s population received at least two doses of the vaccine. vaccine approved in the territory until last Friday, according to government data, while the percentage was 65.1%, more than 82 million people and individuals for whom they received three doses.

The number of people who received four doses until last week there were about 32 million, mostly people over 65 (28.5 million).

Japan It is currently the country with the highest number of weekly covid cases on the scale. World Health Organization (WHO), which is due to the phasing out of counting official numbers and declining test performance in other developed countries.

EFE


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