Japan PM Suga says COVID vaccines to be secured for all eligible by end-Sept.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said Monday that the government will secure enough COVID-19 vaccines for all eligible citizens by the end of September after an agreement with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. on additional supplies.The agreement was reached after Suga made a request for extra supplies to be able to offer vaccinations to all residents aged 16 or older, or some 110 million people, by the end of September during telephone talks with Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla on Saturday, the last day of his three-day visit to Washington.Japan "will mostly likely be supplied by September," Sug…READ FULL ARTICLE