Japan readies higher incentives for clinics to give COVID-19 shots

The Japanese government will boost financial incentives for clinics to administer COVID-19 vaccines and consider expanding the pool of medical professionals allowed to give the shots to paramedics and clinical laboratory technicians, its top spokesman said Tuesday.The move comes as the country rushes to ramp up its sluggish inoculation program and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga mulls extending the state of emergency in Tokyo and other areas with just two months until the Tokyo Olympics.Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato told a press conference the government will increase the payments of…READ FULL ARTICLE