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Japan to open mass vaccination centre in Tokyo

27 April 2021 09:58 (UTC +04:00)

Japan will open a mass vaccination centre in central Tokyo next month ahead of this summer’s Olympic games, APA reports citing The Guardian.

No decision has been made on which vaccine will be used or how many people will get shots each day, chief cabinet secretary, Katsunobu Kato, told reporters.

“We will announce the details once the defence ministry and local authorities have come up with a plan,” Kato said.

The government will also support innoculation efforts in Osaka, in western Japan, he added.

Japan imposed a third state of emergency in its major population centres on Sunday, as the country attempts to combat a fourth wave of infections with less than three months until the Olympics begin.