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Japan PM Suga receives COVID-19 vaccination ahead of Biden meeting in US

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga receives his first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Tokyo Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Kyodo News via AP)
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga receives his first dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at National Center for Global Health and Medicine in Tokyo Tuesday, March 16, 2021. (Kyodo News via AP)
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16 Mar 2021 12:03:18 GMT9
16 Mar 2021 12:03:18 GMT9

TOKYO: Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday in preparation for a meeting with US President Joe Biden next month.

Suga is the first Japanese government official to publicly receive the vaccine. Some 80-90 officials will be inoculated before heading to the United States early next month, where Suga will become the first world leader to meet Biden as president.

“It didn’t hurt, although it seemed so,” Suga told reporters after he was inoculated.

Reuters

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