THE ASAHI SHIMBUN
January 12, 2022 at 17:05 JST
A 7-year-old boy is given a COVID-19 vaccine in Silver Spring in the U.S. state of Maryland on Nov. 10, 2021. (Yuko Lanham)
The government announced Jan. 12 it plans to start providing COVID-19 vaccinations for children between the ages of 5 to 11 in March at the earliest. Until now, that age group had been ineligible for jabs due to health concerns. [Read More]
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