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A total of 114,570 out of 125,082 persons deprived of liberty (PDLs) under the Bureau of Jail Management and Penology (BJMP) were inoculated against the coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) as of Nov. 21. The figure represents 91 percent vaccinated PDLs, according to BJMP chief Director Allan Iral....

TOKYO, Japan -- Over 50 percent of Japan's population had received two shots of a COVID-19 vaccine, the minister in charge of the coronavirus response said on Sunday. Yasutoshi Nishimura, economy minister and virus czar, said on a TV program that "If vaccination moves ahead at the current pace, it...