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AP Interview: Japan minister urges young adults to get shots

by Foster KlugMari Yamaguchi
| July 31, 2021 12:06 AM

TOKYO (AP) — As Olympics host Tokyo saw another record number of coronavirus cases Wednesday, Japan’s vaccination minister said the speed of the country’s inoculation campaign is less urgent than getting shots to young adults, whom some health experts are blaming for the current surge in infections.

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