A government health panel on Friday night approved Japan's first COVID-19 vaccine, made by Pfizer Inc, NHK reported, as the country races to control a third wave of infections before the Olympic Games.
Formal approval of the vaccine, batches of which arrived in Japan on Friday morning, will be given on Sunday by Japanese Health Minister Norihisa Tamura, according to media reports.
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