Japan’s Suga wants to complete Covid vaccinations by November


A medical worker fills a syringe with a dose of the Moderna Inc Covid-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site in Tokyo on June 9, 2021. - Bloomberg

TOKYO (Bloomberg): Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said he wants to finish inoculating everyone in the country who’s willing to get a Covid-19 vaccine by October or November, citing progress made in the vaccination drive so far.

Suga revealed his target for the first time during a parliamentary debate in Tokyo on Wednesday (June 9). He said recent numbers show the nation has been vaccinating at around his goal of 1 million doses per day, following a recent increase in pace.

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