{"id":143142,"date":"2021-11-02T09:52:59","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T00:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=143142&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2021-11-02T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T00:52:59","slug":"saga-announces-plans-for-third-injections-for-medical-workers","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/saga-announces-plans-for-third-injections-for-medical-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"Saga Announces Plans for Third Injections For Medical Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Takeo City in Saga Prefecture announced plans for third injections of the COVID-19 vaccine. During a press conference on Oct. 28, the mayor explained a schedule to give the third doses of the new coronavirus vaccine to local medical workers from December. The city will also begin the provision of third vaccinations for elderly residents from January 2022. Those additional doses will be given to people who took their second vaccination at least about eight months before. <\/span><b>Source: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/lnews\/saga\/20211028\/5080010265.html\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sagatv.co.jp\/news\/archives\/2021102807584\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Saga TV<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-143143\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/towfiqu-barbhuiya-cOH3j5lQDYo-unsplash.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/towfiqu-barbhuiya-cOH3j5lQDYo-unsplash.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/towfiqu-barbhuiya-cOH3j5lQDYo-unsplash.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/towfiqu-barbhuiya-cOH3j5lQDYo-unsplash.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/towfiqu-barbhuiya-cOH3j5lQDYo-unsplash.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>Photo by<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@towfiqu999999?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Towfiqu barbhuiya<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/unsplash.com\/s\/photos\/vaccination?utm_source=unsplash&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_content=creditCopyText\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unsplash<\/span><\/a><\/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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