TOKYO, Dec. 6 – Japan will shorten the distance between the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine and the second injection if possible. to cope with the Omicron strain that is spreading in many countries
Seiji Kihara, Japan’s deputy chief cabinet secretary, told Fuji Television on Sunday that The central government is joining forces with local governments. Find a way to shorten the distance from the current 8 months to at least 6 months. depending on the potential of the local government and may approve the use of the Moderna vaccine as an immunization syringe and for use in a crossover formulation. Government sources said that The government shortens the vaccination interval based on the assumption that All vaccines are effective against Omicron strains. And it is believed that some elderly people want to get the immunization needle faster with the vaccination of Moderna.
The Japanese central government originally approved the second injection vaccine for at least 8 months, later reduced to 6 months for some groups. and switched back to 8 months again Confuse the local government Japan has started vaccinating the immunization syringe to healthcare workers who received the second syringe vaccine eight months ago from December 1 as a Pfizer/Biotech vaccine.
