{"id":142433,"date":"2021-09-15T10:15:17","date_gmt":"2021-09-15T01:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=142433&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-09-17T09:59:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-17T00:59:40","slug":"fukuoka-city-begins-covid-vaccination-without-bookings","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-city-begins-covid-vaccination-without-bookings\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka City Begins COVID Vaccination Without Bookings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City began providing vaccinations for the new coronavirus to those without bookings. According to the city, the booking rate for the city\u2019s Cruise Center (Hakata Ward) vaccination venue stands at around 50% on some days. By creating a more flexible vaccination system, Fukuoka City aims to accelerate vaccinations amongst younger people. The venue provides the Moderna vaccine. The city would post online when the number of same-day vaccines surpasses supply. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asahi.com\/articles\/ASP9F6T1NP9FTIPE023.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Asahi<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nikkei.com\/article\/DGXZQOJC139PV0T10C21A9000000\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nikkei<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Official website:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/hofuku\/coronavaccine\/wakutin.html#ibutu\">https:\/\/www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/hofuku\/coronavaccine\/wakutin.html#ibutu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-142434\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cruise-center-1.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cruise-center-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cruise-center-1-scaled.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cruise-center-1-scaled.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cruise-center-1-scaled.jpg?resize=1536%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/cruise-center-1-scaled.jpg?resize=2048%2C1536&amp;ssl=1 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by Fukuoka Now<\/p>\n<p><b>Disclaimer<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: Fukuoka Now posts summaries of Kyushu area news for those who cannot read Japanese. 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According to the city, the booking rate for the city\u2019s Cruise Center (Hakata Ward) vaccination venue stands at around 50% on some days&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":142434,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[5175],"class_list":["post-142433","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-corona","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/142433","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29305"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=142433"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/142434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=142433"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=142433"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}