By KAYOKO GEJI/ Staff Writer
July 8, 2021 at 17:51 JST
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is used in an inoculation program in Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi Prefecture, on Feb. 19. (Asahi Shimbun file photo)
Health minister Norihisa Tamura said Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine remains effective even if the second required dose is administered six weeks after the first shot, double the period recommended in his ministry’s guidelines. [Read More]
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