Coronavirus

Japan to provide ultracold freezers to store COVID vaccine

Government faces challenge of inoculating millions by July for Tokyo Olympics

MITSURU OBE, Nikkei staff writer
December 10, 2020 22:00 JST

TOKYO -- Ever since Japan signed an agreement with Pfizer and BioNTech in July to receive 120 million doses of their coronavirus vaccine, the country has been getting ready a mass vaccination plan.

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