“The expiry of unused vaccines was an insurance premium – the price we were prepared to pay to stave off the risk of catastrophic consequences,” said the Health Minister.
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida – the last G7 leader to visit Ukraine – has come under increasing pressure to make the trip, as Japan hosts the grouping's summit this May.
Child actress Puteri Rafasya's mother says the parents of the other girl involved only apologised more than two weeks after the incident, and that she has not accepted their gesture.