Economic revitalization minister Daishiro Yamagiwa on Sunday called on young people to get their third shot of the coronavirus vaccine as new cases are surging amid the seventh wave of infections.
“Nearly 70% of the young people eligible for the third shot haven’t got them,” Yamagiwa, who is in charge of the government’s COVID-19 response, said on a television program.
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