The Japanese government has been struggling to present concrete plans to bring forward vaccine booster shots against the novel coronavirus, with Prime Minister Fumio Kishida telling parliament Wednesday that it is urgent to analyze whether the existing COVID-19 vaccines are effective against the Omicron variant."We are hoping to determine the effect of the existing vaccines on the Omicron strain as soon as possible, and then show the scope and method of moving up booster shots," Kishida said at a plenary session of the House of Representatives.In his policy speech delivered Monday, he said …READ FULL ARTICLE