Broadcasters led with reports on Health Minister Tamura’s press conference this morning in which he said the GOJ will investigate how three people in Shizuoka contracted the UK variant of COVID-19 by collecting specimens from as many coronavirus patients in the prefecture as possible (NHK, NTV, TV Asahi), Tamura’s remarks to the press that the UK variant of COVID-19 is not the cause of the surge in cases during the year-end and New Year’s holidays in Japan (TBS), and final arrangements being made by the GOJ to only administer COVID-19 vaccines to people aged 16 years or older for the time being (Fuji TV).