Launch of booster dose payment in Japan

Officials said all those who received the 2nd dose of the vaccine were eligible for the booster dose, which would be reduced to 6 months if the infection became more severe.

Tokyo:

The vaccination campaign against corona in Japan began in mid-February last year. in the beginning Vaccine While the number of payers has been low, it has increased since May.

Accordingly, 77 percent of the total population of the country is currently fully vaccinated against the 2-dose corona vaccine.

In this case the new type of corona that appeared in South Africa Omigron Has also set foot in Japan. Omigron infection has been confirmed in 2 people there.

Following this, Japan Corona Has intensified restrictions. As part of this, Japan has banned the entry of foreigners.

In the midst of this threat of Omigran infection Japan began the process of administering the corona vaccine ‘booster’ dose yesterday. This ‘booster’ dose is first given to health workers. The ‘booster’ dose will be given to people over 60 from January.

Officials said everyone who received the second dose of the vaccine 8 months ago was eligible for the booster dose, which could be reduced to 6 months if the infection became more severe.

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