Japan to receive 50 mil. additional doses of Pfizer vaccine

Japan expects to receive 50 million additional doses of Pfizer Inc.'s COVID-19 vaccine after Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga called on the pharmaceutical firm to boost supplies, government sources said Wednesday.Together with existing agreements with Pfizer for 144 million doses and Moderna Inc. for 50 million doses, Japan is now set to procure enough vaccine for the roughly 110 million people aged 16 or older.Suga reiterated in a parliamentary session that the government expects to have supplies to cover everyone eligible by the end of September after requesting the additional doses in a pho…READ FULL ARTICLE