The Council for Regulatory Reform has compiled a set of proposals calling for improvements to online medical services and the lifting of a ban on sales of coronavirus antigen test kits at drugstores, aimed at reducing the burden on medical institutions amid the COVID-19 pandemic and other issues.
The fourth shot will be given to targeted people five months or more after their third shots. The COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. are used in the fourth vaccination program.
People aged 60 and older as well as individuals between 18 and 59 with chronic health conditions or at high risk of developing severe COVID-19 symptoms if infected with the coronavirus will be eligible for the second booster shots, starting Wednesday.
There are 6 infected people, 2 staff members and 4 users, and all of them are women in their 30s to 70s. Although the hands were disinfected, some masks and ventilation were inadequate.
Okayama City announced on the 14th that 341 people were infected with the new coronavirus.
A new cluster occurred at the facility for the disabled in the city.
Japan’s health ministry adopted a plan Wednesday to limit the scope of people eligible for fourth COVID-19 vaccine shots to those who are aged 60 or over, as well as those who are aged 18 or older and have underlying conditions.
a total of 23 residents and staff at facilities for the disabled were found to be positive, resulting in a new cluster. The cluster, which had been confirmed in eight places, including medical institutions, schools and elderly care facilities, also expanded.
Japan is considering making the elderly and people with underlying medical conditions eligible for fourth coronavirus vaccine shots, in line with recommendations by the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, government sources said Tuesday.
Five people were found to be infected at a facility for the disabled in Sakura City by 16 April, which the prefecture judged to be a cluster.
Japanese prefectural officials are increasingly believing that the country is about to enter a seventh wave of COVID-19 infections as cases are surging in some regional areas.
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