(MENAFN - Trend News Agency) Japan will begin the first stage of inoculating its population against COVID-19, with Regulatory Reform Minister Taro Kono saying Tuesday that 40,000 medical workers will receive the jabs from Wednesday, double the number initially planned, Trend reports citing Xinhua . We are about to start vaccinating, which is said to be the strongest weapon in the fight against the coronavirus, Kono, who also serves as Japan s minister in charge of the vaccination program, told a press briefing on the matter.
Japan s first vaccine to be administered, jointly produced by U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and Germany s BioNTech, was given approval to be used in Japan by a health ministry panel last Friday.
Europe is recruiting for the first time in 11 years Europe is to recruit new astronauts for the first time in 11 years as leading space-faring nations set their sights on missions to the Moon and, eventually, Mars.
The European Space Agency (ESA) is looking to add up to 26 permanent and reserve astronauts.
India skipper Virat Kohli on Tuesday rejected criticism of the spin-friendly Chepauk pitch, asserting that his side showed the requisite grit and determination to conquer England on it in the second Test with the toss not being a matter of concern at all.