Japan in talks with Pfizer about expedited vaccine delivery: Kishida

Japan has been in talks with U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer Inc. about the possibility of moving up the schedule to receive its COVID-19 vaccine doses as the nation steps up its booster shot drive, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Thursday.Japan is due to receive 120 million doses for 2022 from Pfizer, which said Wednesday a third shot of its coronavirus vaccine could offer sufficient protection against the new Omicron variant of the virus."Currently, we are negotiating (with Pfizer) whether the supply schedule can be brought forward," Kishida told a parliamentary session, responding to …READ FULL ARTICLE