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Japan has so far approved Pfizer–BioNTech, Moderna and Oxford–AstraZeneca for use. In April 2024, data from the government shows that 79.5% of people have had their second dose, while 80.4% have received first shot. [7] Today, 79 percent of Japanese people have received two doses of a COVID-19 vaccine; 67 percent have received a third ...
On 12 March, Japan reported 4 deaths from COVID-19. [ 53 ] On 13 March, Saga Prefecture confirmed its first case of COVID-19. [ 54 ] Nagasaki Prefecture reported its first case on 14 March, [ 55 ] followed by Ibaraki Prefecture [ 56 ] and Kagawa Prefecture [ 57 ] on 17 March, and Fukui Prefecture on 18 March.
The COVID-19 vaccination in Japan began on 17 February 2021, more than a month after the first anniversary of the beginning of the pandemic in the country was commemorated. As of 22 October 2021, about 96.4 million people in Japan received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine , while about 86.9 million were fully vaccinated.
Tokyo — Japan's Health Ministry has pulled about 1.63 million doses of the Moderna coronavirus vaccine out of use after 39 unused vials at eight vaccination sites were discovered to be ...
TOKYO (Reuters) -Moderna Inc's COVID-19 vaccine contamination woes in Japan widened after two regions put temporary holds on shots following the discovery of foreign substances in more batches.
A Japanese health ministry panel on Monday recommended approval for an updated version of Daiichi Sankyo's COVID-19 vaccine, the Kyodo news agency said. The mRNA-based shot was initially approved ...
Federal mandates. In September 2021, Biden announced the Biden administration COVID-19 action plan, a six-point plan of new measures to help control the pandemic, which included new executive orders and regulatory actions to effectively mandate vaccination for COVID-19 among a large swath of the American workforce.
For the Netherlands, based on overall excess mortality, an estimated 20,000 people died from COVID-19 in 2020, [9] while only the death of 11,525 identified COVID-19 cases was registered. [8] The official count of COVID-19 deaths as of December 2021 is slightly more than 5.4 million, according to World Health Organization's report in May 2022.