TOKYO, April 29 (Reuters) - Japanese business leaders and a Nobel-prizewinning biologist called upon the government to reform its vaccination programme, including allowing drive-through inoculations, as the nation struggles to contain a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan has secured the largest quantity of COVID-19 vaccines in Asia, as it gears up for the summer Olympics. But it has inoculated only 1.6% of its population so far, the slowest among wealthy countries.
Government data on Wednesday showed that Japan has only used about a fifth of the coronavirus vaccine doses it has imported so far, underscoring logistical hurdles such as a shortage of medical staff.
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A doctor receives a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in Tokyo in March. | POOL / VIA REUTERS
Reuters, staff report Apr 29, 2021
Japanese business leaders and a Nobel Prize-winning biologist have called upon the government to reform its vaccination program, including by allowing drive-thru inoculations, as the nation struggles to contain a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan has secured the largest quantity of COVID-19 vaccines in Asia as it gears up for the summer Olympics. But it has inoculated only 1.6% of its population so far, the slowest among wealthy countries.
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Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital s president Terumi Kamisawa receives a dose of the vaccine against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Tokyo, Japan March 5, 2021. Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool via REUTERS
Japanese business leaders and a Nobel-prizewinning biologist called upon the government to reform its vaccination programme, including allowing drive-through inoculations, as the nation struggles to contain a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan has secured the largest quantity of COVID-19 vaccines in Asia, as it gears up for the summer Olympics. But it has inoculated only 1.6% of its population so far, the slowest among wealthy countries.
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Japan business leaders suggest ways for government to speed up COVID-19 vaccination rate
Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital s president Terumi Kamisawa receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Tokyo on Mar 5, 2021. (File photo: Reuters/Yoshikazu Tsuno, Pool)
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TOKYO: Japanese business leaders and a Nobel Prize-winning biologist called upon the government to reform its vaccination programme, including allowing drive-through inoculations, as the nation struggles to contain a resurgence of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Japan has secured the largest quantity of COVID-19 vaccines in Asia, as it gears up for the Summer Olympics. But it has inoculated just 1.6 per cent of its population so far, the slowest among wealthy countries.