TOKYO (Reuters) - Fears are growing in Japan, where an inoculation drive against COVID-19 will begin on Wednesday, that millions of doses of Pfizer vaccine could be wasted due to a shortage of special ...

Japan had purchased doses to vaccinate 72 million people, but without the appropriate syringes, it will fall 12 million people short. Japan may have several million fewer coronavirus vaccine doses ...

The Japanese government has decided not to procure insulin syringes intended for diabetes patients to administer COVID-19 vaccinations due to concerns of causing a supply shortage, the minister in ...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan will kick off its COVID-19 vaccination programme on Wednesday amid concerns that a shortage of special syringes could lead to the waste of millions of doses of Pfizer vaccine ...

A shortage of special syringes could hamper Japan’s plans to use the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine in its nationwide immunization drive, a top health official said on Tuesday. Last month, Japan said it had ...

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TOKYO, Feb 16 (Reuters) - Japan is scrambling to securespecial syringes to maximise the number of COVID-19 vaccineshots used from each vial, but manufacturers are struggling toramp up production ...

Japan is scrambling to secure special syringes to maximise the number of Covid-19 vaccine shots used from each vial, but manufacturers are struggling to ramp up production quickly, raising fears that ...