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| Tokyo’s vaccine tsar blames rigid jab-approval processes for Japan’s lagging Covid-19 inoculation program | Tokyo’s vaccine tsar blames rigid jab-approval processes for Japan’s lagging Covid-19 inoculation program |
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| Japan’s minister for the Covid-19 vaccination program has said he accepts responsibility for the country’s limited progress, but also criticized regulatory procedures, saying the rules for approving new vaccines needs to change. | Japan’s minister for the Covid-19 vaccination program has said he accepts responsibility for the country’s limited progress, but also criticized regulatory procedures, saying the rules for approving new vaccines needs to change. |
| Speaking on Wednesday in an interview with TBS television, Taro Kono said that, with a mere 2.9% of the population inoculated against Covid-19, any discontent should be focused on him. | Speaking on Wednesday in an interview with TBS television, Taro Kono said that, with a mere 2.9% of the population inoculated against Covid-19, any discontent should be focused on him. |
| However, Kono said that the approval process for new vaccines was also at fault. “Even though we are in a state of crisis, we’re still using the same rules to approve vaccines that we do under normal times,” he stated. | However, Kono said that the approval process for new vaccines was also at fault. “Even though we are in a state of crisis, we’re still using the same rules to approve vaccines that we do under normal times,” he stated. |
| “In the wake of this Covid-19 situation, the administration needs to change.” | “In the wake of this Covid-19 situation, the administration needs to change.” |
| From early on in the pandemic, Tokyo said it would not expedite regulatory processes to make vaccines available sooner. Resultantly, Pfizer’s well-used jab was given regulatory approval two months later in Japan than in the US and the UK. | From early on in the pandemic, Tokyo said it would not expedite regulatory processes to make vaccines available sooner. Resultantly, Pfizer’s well-used jab was given regulatory approval two months later in Japan than in the US and the UK. |
| The country’s vaccination program has also been beset by supply challenges and on Wednesday morning, the booking platform for Covid-19 shots crashed for several hours. | The country’s vaccination program has also been beset by supply challenges and on Wednesday morning, the booking platform for Covid-19 shots crashed for several hours. |
| Kono’s comments come as Tokyo looks to increase the pace of inoculations with the government needing to administer around one million shots a day if it is to achieve its target of vaccinating most of its 36 million people over the age of 65 by the end of July. | Kono’s comments come as Tokyo looks to increase the pace of inoculations with the government needing to administer around one million shots a day if it is to achieve its target of vaccinating most of its 36 million people over the age of 65 by the end of July. |
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