Delaying the deployment of a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine makes Japan suffer from a more severe Omicron outbreak than other developed countries, according to experts. On February 15, Japan recorded 236 deaths from Covid-19, the highest number per day since the outbreak of the pandemic. The country’s initial vaccination program was relatively slow. By […]
Scientists have discovered a genetic trait related to white blood cells in 60% of the Japanese population that helps the body better fight Covid-19. The study, led by the Riken Institute, was published in the British journal Communications Biology in December. It is part of an effort to further understand what causes the number of […]
JapanShionogi pharmaceutical company will clinical trial phase three of Covid-19 vaccine this month in Vietnam and some Asian countries. At a press conference on November 1, Isao Teshirogi, director of Shionogi, said that the trial volunteers were divided into two groups, including one group receiving the vaccine, the other receiving a placebo. Vaccines follow the […]