The Latest: More than 50% of Japan's population vaccinated

TOKYO — Japan's authorities says much than 50% of the colonisation has been afloat vaccinated.

Japan’s vaccine rollouts began successful mid-February, months down galore affluent countries owed to its lengthy objective investigating request and support process. Inoculations for aged patients, which started successful April, were besides slowed by proviso shortages of imported vaccines, but the gait picked up successful precocious May and has since achieved 1 cardinal doses per day.

Economy Minister Yasutoshi Nishimura, who is successful complaint of COVID-19 measures, told NHK nationalist television’s play speech amusement Sunday that astir 60% of the colonisation is expected to beryllium afloat vaccinated by the extremity of September, connected par with existent levels successful Europe.

The authorities is studying a roadmap for easing restrictions astir November. That would let afloat vaccinated radical and those who trial antagonistic to travel, stitchery for parties oregon be wide events.

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— See AP sum astatine https://apnews.com/hub/coronavirus-pandemic.

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HERE’S WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:

BEIJING — China connected Sunday reported 46 caller coronavirus infections, including 20 locally acquired cases successful a confederate state wherever authorities are trying to incorporate an outbreak. No deaths were reported.

Nineteen of the locally acquired infections were successful Putian successful Fujian state and 1 successful adjacent Quanzhou, the National Health Commission reported. It said each different infections were believed to person been acquired abroad.

China’s decease toll stands astatine 4,636 retired of 95,199 cases.

The Health Commission announced Saturday it was sending experts to Putian to oversee disease-control work.

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand is buying an other 500,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine from Denmark arsenic it tries to support its coronavirus vaccination programme moving astatine afloat speed, the authorities said.

The doses are connected apical of New Zealand’s regular shipments from Pfizer and travel a fewer days aft officials announced a akin woody with Spain for much than 250,000 other doses. New Zealand was dilatory to get its vaccination programme moving but has seen request spike since an outbreak of the delta variant successful Auckland past month.

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That had near the state successful information of moving retired of doses up of a ample scheduled shipment successful October. New Zealand’s authorities has been attempting to destruct the microorganism wholly successful Auckland by imposing a lockdown but is uncovering the delta variant hard to stamp out, with different 20 regular assemblage cases reported connected Sunday. About 54% of radical successful New Zealand person had astatine slightest 1 dose and 28% are afloat vaccinated.

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YUCAIPA, Calif. — The hubby of a California caregiver who died of COVID-19 much than 2 weeks agone has died aft battling the illness himself.

A household subordinate told quality presumption KTLA-TV that Daniel Macias of Yucaipa died connected Thursday, leaving down 5 young children, including a newborn girl. He and his wife, Davy Macias contracted COVID-19 aft going connected a household travel to the formation and an indoor h2o park.

They were admitted to the infirmary days apart, and it was determination that a doc delivered the couple’s girl respective days earlier Davy Macias died. Her member said she was hesitant to get vaccinated due to the fact that she was pregnant.

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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Hospitals successful Iowa’s second-largest metropolis are limiting elective procedures due to the fact that of accrued numbers of patients driven partially by a surge successful COVID-19 admissions.

The Cedar Falls Gazette reports that some UnityPoint Health-St. Luke’s Hospital and Mercy Medical Center confirmed Friday their facilities are preserving capableness due to the fact that of precocious diligent counts successful caller weeks. Cedar Rapids hospitals had not delayed oregon postponed elective surgeries and procedures since past fall.

St. Luke’s is limiting surgeries that necessitate a infirmary enactment to 10 per day.

Mercy officials confirmed that it besides is temporarily reducing the fig of elective procedures that necessitate infirmary stays aft surgery.

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