China News Service, March 16 According to foreign media reports, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who will visit the United States in early April, received the first dose of the new crown vaccine on the 16th, and the Japanese Broadcasting Association (NHK) broadcast the vaccination scene.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga received the first dose of the new crown vaccine on the 16th.
Image source: Screenshot of the NHK video.
According to reports, Yoshihide Suga will visit the United States in early April. Before the visit, he came to a Tokyo hospital to receive the first dose of the new crown vaccine.
During the visit, he will hold his first face-to-face meeting with US President Biden.
Yoshihide Suga told reporters on the 16th: "Due to the Japan-US high-level meeting in the first half of April and from the perspective of measures to combat the new coronavirus, I was vaccinated today."
He added, “I have high expectations for vaccination to prevent diseases and complications. This is very important to prevent the spread of infection. All citizens of our country should be vaccinated as soon as possible. Residents must be provided with accurate information and everyone can be vaccinated. Vaccines create conditions".
Earlier news said that the Japanese government intends to reduce the number of official delegations to 80-90.
All members of the delegation, including the Prime Minister himself, will receive two doses of Pfizer vaccine.