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TOKYO â Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga says he is aiming to have everyone in the country vaccinated by November, a target he set with a general election scheduled for later this year. Suga called vaccines âa trump cardâ of anti-virus measures and said Wednesday: âI want vaccines to be given by the October-November period to all the people who want to be vaccinated.â The prime minister is desperately pushing to accelerate Japan's COVID-19 vaccine program ahead of the Summer Olympics, which are scheduled to be held in Tokyo from July 23 to Aug. 8. Suga is seeking to have 1 million shots administered a day so all of the country's 36 million older adults will be fully vaccinated by the end of July. He also urged major companies to prepare to start vaccinating their employees later this month to accelerate the process ahead of the Olympics.
A Wisconsin pharmacist who pleaded guilty to trying to spoil hundreds of doses of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine because he was sceptical about them has been jailed for three years, the US justice department said on Tuesday.
KAMPALA, Uganda â Billionaire philanthropist Mo Ibrahim is criticizing vaccine hoarding by wealthy nations, urging the international community to âwalk the talkâ as Africa desperately lags behind in vaccinating against COVID-19. Ibrahim, a British mobile phone magnate who was born in Sudan, is hailed as a voice of moral authority across Africa. The 75-year-old earned his fortune by establishing the Celtel mobile phone network across Africa in the 1990s. He is now using his fortune to promote democracy and political accountability on the continent, including through his sponsorship of the $5 million Ibrahim Prize for African leaders who govern responsibly and who give up their power peacefully. Speaking during a Zoom call with the Associated Press from London, where he is based, Ibrahim urged âat least a reasonable portionâ of the vaccines should go to frontline workers in Africa.
Oregon reported six deaths and 307 confirmed or presumptive cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday bringing the death toll to 2,670 and the case count to 203,671.
A pharmacist accused of destroying 500 vials of COVID vaccine was sentenced by a court to jail as a crime related to the current pandemic which is grave.