Japan to donate 1 mil. COVID-19 vaccine doses to Vietnam on June 16

Japan will donate one million coronavirus vaccine doses to Vietnam on Wednesday, Japanese Foreign Minister Toshimitsu Motegi said.Tokyo is also mulling donating amounts of COVID-19 vaccine to Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Thailand in July, Motegi said in a press conference on Tuesday."After considering comprehensively the infection situation (in Vietnam), the shortage of vaccines and relationship with Japan, we have come to that decision," Motegi said.The provision of the vaccine developed by Britain's AstraZeneca Plc and produced under license in Japan came in response to a requ…READ FULL ARTICLE