“Yesterday we signed a contract with Pfizer.

Thus, we will be able to provide a total of 310 million doses of coronavirus vaccine, ”TASS quoted the Japanese prime minister as saying.

Earlier, the Japanese authorities included seven more prefectures in the emergency zone due to the spread of coronavirus infection COVID-19

In addition, it was reported that four people who flew to Japan from Brazil were found to have a new mutation of the coronavirus, which is different from the one recorded in the UK and South Africa.