{"id":147527,"date":"2021-12-16T05:12:55","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T05:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=147527"},"modified":"2021-12-16T05:12:55","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T05:12:55","slug":"japan-adds-moderna-shot-to-covid-vaccine-booster-arsenal-joining-pfizer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/markets\/japan-adds-moderna-shot-to-covid-vaccine-booster-arsenal-joining-pfizer\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan adds Moderna shot to COVID vaccine booster arsenal, joining Pfizer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figcaption>FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading, &#8220;COVID-19 \/ Coronavirus vaccine \/ Injection only&#8221; and a medical syringe are seen in front of a displayed Moderna logo in this illustration taken October 31, 2020. REUTERS\/Dado Ruvic<\/figcaption><p>TOKYO (Reuters) &#8211; Japan on Thursday officially approved Moderna Inc\u2019s COVID-19 vaccine for its booster shot programme that began this month.<\/p>\n<p>The move followed a recommendation from health ministry experts on Wednesday that Moderna\u2019s mRNA shot, used mostly at workplace inoculation sites to date, could be used as a third booster shot for those aged 18 or older.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the same standard that was applied to the shot developed by Pfizer Inc and BioNTech, which has been given out about 71,000 times as a booster so far, or just 0.1% of the population<\/p>\n<p>After a relatively late start, Japan has fully inoculated almost 80% of its population, the highest among Group of Seven economies. The country has about 31 million doses left between the Pfizer and Moderna shots, with deals in place to get 170 million more in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>New coronavirus infections in Japan have slowed dramatically since a fifth wave that peaked in August. Experts say the fact that Japan started its vaccine push later may be helping keep COVID-19 cases low, as immunity from the shots for most people has not yet waned.<\/p>\n<p>Health minister Shigeyuki Goto said last week that boosters should be given as soon as possible, instead of holding firm to an eight-month lag from the first two shots.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/us-health-coronavirus-japan-vaccine\/japan-adds-moderna-shot-to-covid-vaccine-booster-arsenal-joining-pfizer-idUSKBN2IV08R\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FILE PHOTO: Vials with a sticker reading,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":147526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23054],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Japan adds Moderna shot to COVID vaccine booster arsenal, joining Pfizer - 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