Japan may start inoculation against Omicron by end of September

The government may start inoculating the public specifically against the Omicron variant of the coronavirus by the end of September, rather than mid-October as originally planned, government sources said Tuesday.U.S. pharmaceutical firms Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. have each applied to the Japanese health ministry for the production and sale of their COVID-19 vaccines tailored for the highly transmissible variant. An experts panel of the ministry is expected to discuss soon whether they should be approved.Health minister Katsunobu Kato stressed at a news conference on Tuesday that the gove…READ FULL ARTICLE