Japan to use 1.4 tril. yen in reserve funds for COVID measures

Japan's Cabinet on Friday decided to use 1.4 trillion yen ($13 billion) in fiscal 2021 reserve funds, mainly for additional purchases of COVID-19 vaccines as well as securing medicines for patients.Of the amount, the government allocated about 841.5 billion yen to procure more vaccines and promote its inoculation rollout as the country struggles to contain a spike in virus infections driven by the highly contagious Delta variant.Around 235.2 billion yen was earmarked to buy the medicines casirivimab and imdevimab, which are administered intravenously in an "antibody cocktail" treatment, Fin…READ FULL ARTICLE