State-run mass COVID-19 vaccination centers open in Tokyo, Osaka

State-run mass COVID-19 vaccination centers opened Monday in Tokyo and Osaka, as Japan seeks to accelerate its inoculation program that has lagged far behind other developed countries with just two months until the Summer Olympics.The centers, staffed by Self-Defense Forces doctors and nurses, will operate from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for three months, including weekends and national holidays. They will use the two-dose vaccine developed by U.S. biotechnology firm Moderna Inc., which was approved by the government on Friday.Japan hopes the venues, aiming to inoculate up to 10,000 people a day in T…READ FULL ARTICLE