NPR Coronavirus Updates

Short On Special Syringes, Japan May Waste Millions Of Pfizer Vaccine Doses

By Anthony Kuhn
Published February 11, 2021 at 12:22 AM MST
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Japan had purchased doses to vaccinate 72 million people, but without the appropriate syringes, it will fall 12 million people short.

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Anthony Kuhn
Anthony Kuhn is NPR's correspondent based in Seoul, South Korea, reporting on the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and the great diversity of Asia's countries and cultures. Before moving to Seoul in 2018, he traveled to the region to cover major stories including the North Korean nuclear crisis and the Fukushima earthquake and nuclear disaster.
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