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Japan’s Ex-Vaccine Czar Urges Faster Booster Rollout
- Kishida rival Kono says no need to wait eight months for dose
- Previous government hurt by anger over pace of vaccine rollout
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Former Japanese vaccine czar Kono Taro said the government should speed up its rollout of coronavirus booster shots as the omicron variant spreads, criticizing the pace set by the health ministry.
Kono’s comments in an interview with Bloomberg News Wednesday in Tokyo came just after Japan announced that the first cases of community transmission of the omicron variant had been confirmed in the western prefecture of Osaka.