Latest COVID-19 conundrum is when to get another shot

For most people, there is an upside to getting a COVID-19 booster. But because of human genetic differences, not everyone responds the same to the vaccines. | REUTERS

It feels intuitively right that a reformulated booster vaccine aimed at the omicron BA.5 variant would vastly improve our protection against it as well as any offspring that might threaten us in the fall. But intuition doesn’t always agree with scientific data. It’s not intuitive at all to think that waiting six months before getting

Balking at boosters: Young Japanese continue to shun third shots, study finds

Digital signage calls for people to quickly get vaccinated against COVID-19 in Osaka this month. | KYODO

The percentage of young people who have received a COVID-19 booster is expected to remain low in Japan, with the proportion of people in their 20s who have had it likely to hover at around 40% in August — half the rate for the second shot — according to an estimate recently released by Kyoto

Over half of Japan’s population has received booster shot

A Rakuten Group Inc. employee (second from left) and his family member receive a dose of the Moderna Inc. COVID-19 vaccine booster shot at the company's head office in Tokyo on Feb. 18. | BLOOMBERG

Over half of Japan’s population has received their third dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, with 86.9% of those age 65 and above triple vaccinated, government data showed Monday. But vaccination rates among younger people still remain low relative to the general population, with only 30.1% and 33.2% of those in their 20s and 30s, respectively,

Hirokazu Matsuno, Japan’s top spokesman, to also serve as vaccine minister

Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno speaks during a news conference at the Prime Minister's Office on Tuesday. | KYODO

PHOTO GALLERY (CLICK TO ENLARGE). Source link. Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno stated Tuesday he will take control of the post of vaccination minister from Noriko Horiuchi, who is set to leave the job at the end of March.Horiuchis departure accompanies completion of a period designated by law for creation of the ministerial post in

WHO on COVID: We're not at the end of the road yet

The World Health Organisation states were still in a pandemic, regardless of the rolling back of the majority of COVID limitations in England. And Dr Richard Pebody, who leads the Lab Task Force for high risk pathogens for the World Health Organisation in Europe, disagreed with the Health Secretary, who stated that we might start

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