After some false starts, Japan’s much-delayed vaccine rollout is quietly picking up steam.
The seven-day average of doses has quadrupled in just two weeks, with about a quarter of the nearly 14 million shots given coming in the past week alone. A flurry of initiatives are being implemented or floated to further ramp up the drive — among them an expansion of those qualified to administer the shots as well as mass vaccination at workplaces and in "nighttime entertainment” districts.
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