A nurse makes an inspection after a medical worker filled a syringe with a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine as Japan launches its inoculation campaign at the Tokyo National Hospital in Kiyose, Tokyo prefecture on February 17, 2021. (File photo: AFP)

Japan to begin COVID-19 vaccinations at workplaces on June 21

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Reuters, Tokyo

Published: 01 June ,2021: 07:26 AM GST Updated: 01 June ,2021: 07:30 AM GST

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Japan plans to start COVID-19 vaccination at workplaces and universities on June 21 to speed up the country’s inoculation drive, a top government spokesman said on Tuesday.

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Moderna Inc vaccines will be used for those areas, Japan’s Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told a news conference.

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