COVID-19 vaccination of 14,000 SDF medical staff begins

Coronavirus vaccinations for around 14,000 medical staff from Japan's Self-Defense Forces began Monday, the Defense Ministry said, as part of a program launched last month to inoculate health care workers nationwide.The Pfizer Inc. vaccine will be administered to about 6,000 workers from 16 locations including the National Defense Medical College Hospital in Saitama Prefecture and around 8,000 in medical services. Workers involved in transporting emergency patients from remote islands will also be among those eligible for the vaccine, the ministry said.Koji Fukushima, director of the Self-D…READ FULL ARTICLE