Japan eyes mixed use of COVID-19 shots to speed vaccine rollout

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Japan is looking into the possibility of mixing shots of AstraZeneca Plc's COVID-19 vaccine with those developed by other drug makers to speed up its vaccine rollout.

A medical worker picks a syringe as she gives an injection of COVID-19 vaccination at the Tokyo Metropolitan Government office in Tokyo

Japan, which has previously relied on the Pfizer Inc/BioNTech SE and Moderna Inc vaccines, approved AstraZeneca's vaccine in July and has secured two million doses. This could speed up the vaccination rollout by shortening the intervals between the first and second shots when using the AstraZeneca vaccine, he said.

 

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