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The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare signs a agreement with Takeda Pharmaceutical Company to purchase 150 million doses of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine that will be manufactured and distributed domestically by Takeda. The vaccine will be received from next year.
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2021-08-13
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Japan reports a record 20,365 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours. It is also the first time that the country has reported more than 20,000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
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2021-08-13
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Thailand reports a record 23,418 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours for the second day a row, thereby bringing the nationwide total of confirmed cases to 863,189.
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Japan reports a record 20,365 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including 5,773 cases in Tokyo. It is the first time that the country has reported 20,000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
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Japan reports a record 20,365 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, including 5,773 new cases in Tokyo. It is also the first time that the country has reported more than 20,000 cases since the beginning of the pandemic.
2021-06-10
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The Japanese government decides to lift its state of emergency on Gunma, Ishikawa, and Kumamoto prefectures as the cases declining and strain of hospital eased. The decision will be in effect at the end of June 13.
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The Japanese government announces that it will lift the state of emergency in Gunma, Ishikawa, and Kumamoto prefectures on June 14 due to a decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations.
2021-05-28
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Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announces the extension of the state of emergency in nine prefectures for three weeks until June 20, the last day of emergency in Okinawa Prefecture, as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to remain high.
2021-05-21
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The Japanese government officially approves the use of the Moderna and Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccines for people aged 18 and older. It comes after the Health Ministry panel recommended the approval of both vaccines.
2021-02-14
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Japan's Ministry of Health officially approves Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine, which is the first government-approved vaccine in the country, three days after a government panel recommends the approval of the vaccine.
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2021-02-14
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Japan's Ministry of Health officially approves Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, which is the first government-approved vaccine in the country, three days after a government panel recommends the approval of the vaccine.
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2021-02-14
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Japan's Ministry of Health officially approves the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine, three days after a government panel recommends its approval. This is the first government-approved vaccine in the country.
2021-01-10
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Japan's Health Ministry detects a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 partly similar to those in South Africa and the United Kingdom in four people that arrived from Amazonas in Brazil.
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2021-01-10
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Japan's Health Minister detects a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 partly similar to those in South Africa and the United Kingdom in four people that arrived from Amazonas in Brazil.
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2021-01-10
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Japan's Health Ministry detects a new variant of SARS-CoV-2 partially similar to those from South Africa and the United Kingdom in four people that travelled from Amazonas in Brazil.
2021-01-9
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Thailand surpasses 10,000 cases of COVID-19.
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2021-01-9
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The United Kingdom surpasses 80,000 deaths of COVID-19.
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Japan surpasses 4,000 deaths from COVID-19.
2020-12-26
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The Japanese Foreign Ministry will ban non-resident foreign nationals from entering Japan from December 28 until the end of January after several cases of a more infectious variant of SARS-CoV-2 were reported in the country. Japanese citizens and foreign residents will be required to self-quarantine for 14 days when they enter the country.
2020-12-12
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Japan records a new single-day record of 3,041 new cases. The Japan Self-Defense Forces are deployed to Asahikawa, Hokkaido, where hospitals are facing shortages of medical staff to treat COVID-19 patients.
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Japan records a new single-day record of 3,041 cases. The Japan Self-Defense Forces are deployed to Asahikawa, Hokkaido, where hospitals are facing shortages of medical staff to treat COVID-19 patients.
2020-02-13
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Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reports the country's first death related to the COVID-19 outbreak, a woman in her 80s.
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2020-02-13
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Japan's Health Ministry reports the country's first death related to the COVID-19 outbreak, a woman in her 80s.
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Japan's Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare reports the country's first death related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a woman in her 80s.
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Japan secures 150 million Novavax vaccine doses
2021
Known as TAK-019 in Japan, the vaccine has proved to be 90% effective in preventing infections at clinical trials held abroad.
The Japanese Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare signs a agreement with the Takeda Pharmaceutical Company to purchase 150 million doses of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine that will be manufactured and distributed domestically by Takeda beginning next year.