{"id":144724,"date":"2022-02-18T10:11:12","date_gmt":"2022-02-18T01:11:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=144724&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2022-02-18T10:11:12","modified_gmt":"2022-02-18T01:11:12","slug":"fukuoka-city-shortens-third-shot-eligibility-to-six-months","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/fukuoka-city-shortens-third-shot-eligibility-to-six-months\/","title":{"rendered":"Fukuoka City Shortens Third Shot Eligibility To Six Months"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To speed up the administration of the third dose of the new coronavirus vaccine, Fukuoka City has decided to shorten the interval between the second and third doses to six months for all eligible people. Vaccination vouchers will be sent out in order starting next week on the 22nd. This means that all qualified people in Fukuoka City can receive the third vaccination after six months following their second one. According to the city,\u00a0 vaccination venues using Moderna vaccines have more availability for walk-in service. <\/span><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www3.nhk.or.jp\/fukuoka-news\/20220217\/5010014912.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">NHK<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/kbc.co.jp\/news\/article.php?id=8311237&amp;ymd=2022-02-17\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">KBC<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \/ <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.city.fukuoka.lg.jp\/hofuku\/coronavaccine\/health\/yoyaku.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fukuoka City<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-144725\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/fnn_3rd-vaccination-fukuokacity_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1400%2C788&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"1400\" height=\"788\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/fnn_3rd-vaccination-fukuokacity_2022_cl.jpg?w=1400&amp;ssl=1 1400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/fnn_3rd-vaccination-fukuokacity_2022_cl.jpg?resize=300%2C169&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/fnn_3rd-vaccination-fukuokacity_2022_cl.jpg?resize=1024%2C576&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/fnn_3rd-vaccination-fukuokacity_2022_cl.jpg?resize=768%2C432&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/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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Vaccination vouchers will be sent out in order starting next week on the 22nd&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29305,"featured_media":144725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[5175],"class_list":["post-144724","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\/144724","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=144724"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/144725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=144724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=144724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}