Only 15% of the paramedics and other emergency personnel who transport COVID-19 patients and those with fever symptoms in Tokyo and 20 other major cities have received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine, a Yomiuri Shimbun survey showed.

When the call went out from New York for volunteers to travel to the epicenter of the pandemic in the fight against covid-19, from 1,800 miles away, Paul Cary raised his hand.