Members of the public in Japan will be given a dose of vaccine against the novel coronavirus for free, according to a health ministry policy approved Friday by its advisory panel, in a bid to curb serious and fatal cases of infection.The policy addresses the first dose for everyone amid uncertainty at this stage over how many times a vaccine would need to be administered.Whether the policy will cover foreign residents in Japan has yet to be officially determined, a ministry official said, while offering his personal opinion that it would be natural to include them for the sake of public hea…READ FULL ARTICLE
