Japan's Kishida Orders Booster Shots to be Ramped Up

Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Monday he wants to speed up the country’s Covid-19 booster shot programme to 1 million shots a day by the end of the month, about double the current pace, according to public broadcaster NHK.

Kishida told a budget committee meeting he has instructed ministers to work with local governments to speed up inoculations as much as possible, NHK said.

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Jim Pollard

Jim Pollard is an Australian journalist based in Thailand since 1999. He worked for News Ltd papers in Sydney, Perth, London and Melbourne before travelling through SE Asia in the late 90s. He was a senior editor at The Nation for 17+ years and has a family in Bangkok.