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Japan's cabinet approves plan for free coronavirus vaccines

| Updated: October 28, 2020 18:06:55


Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga gives his first policy speech in parliament as an extraordinary session opens in Tokyo, Japan Oct 26, 2020. REUTERS Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga gives his first policy speech in parliament as an extraordinary session opens in Tokyo, Japan Oct 26, 2020. REUTERS

Japan's cabinet approved a plan on Tuesday to use public funds to provide novel coronavirus vaccines to the public for free, reports Reuters.

The plan also calls for the government to bear the cost of any health damage caused by a vaccine, according to a document posted on the health ministry's website.

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has pledged to provide enough vaccines for the coronavirus for the public by mid-2021.

Japan has struck deals for hundreds of millions of doses from companies including AstraZeneca Plc and Pfizer Inc.

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