FILE PHOTO: A staff member takes out a case with vials containing water from a pharmaceutical refrigerator during a mock inoculation exercise at a college gym, as Japan prepares for coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccination campaign, in Kawasaki, south of Tokyo, Japan, January 27, 2021. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon
TOKYO (Reuters) - European Union curbs on exports of novel coronavirus vaccines could delay Japan's inoculation drive, the minister in charge of the campaign said on Tuesday, while the government is expected to extend a state of emergency in a bid to rein in the epidemic.
Japan is set to begin its vaccination campaign this month, later than most major economies, and any delay could sow doubts about a government aim to secure enough doses for everyone before the Tokyo Olympics this summer.
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