March 9, Tuesday, 2021 (1:30 p.m.) Newsline

  1. The minister in charge of Japan’s COVID-19 inoculation program says the government will consider obtaining syringes that can draw seven doses from a single vial of a coronavirus vaccine.
  2. School reopened in England on Monday, the first step in the gradual easing of COVID-19 lockdown measures.
  3. A U.S. news website has reported that President Joe Biden is planning to host Japan’s Prime Minister Suga Yoshihide at the White House as soon as this April.