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Japan rolls out vaccine slowly, despite looming Olympics

Published April 23, 2021, 11:33 AM Three months before it hosts the Olympics the biggest international event since the pandemic began Japan has fully vaccinated less than one percent of its population in a cautious, slow-moving program. Olympic organisers and local officials stress vaccines are not a prerequisite for the Games. Participants will not have to be inoculated before arrival and there are no plans to prioritise vaccination of Japanese athletes or volunteers. Japan only started vaccination of the elderly this month, after starting with medical workers in February (Kazuhiro NOGI AFP/File / MANILA BULLETIN) But the slow rollout in the world’s third-largest economy, which experts say is driven by a mixture of caution and entrenched bureaucratic hurdles, is starting to weigh on public opinion.

Looming Olympics fail to instill urgency in Japan s vaccine rollout

Looming Olympics fail to instill urgency in Japan s vaccine rollout Sorry, but your browser needs Javascript to use this site. If you re not sure how to activate it, please refer to this site: https://www.enable-javascript.com/ A doctor vaccinates a woman against COVID-19 in the village of Kitaaiki in Nagano Prefecture on Wednesday. | AFP-JIJI AFP-Jiji Apr 23, 2021 Three months before Japan hosts the Olympics its biggest international event since the pandemic began the country has fully vaccinated less than 1% of its population, in a cautious and slow-moving program. Olympic organizers and local officials stress that vaccines are not a prerequisite for the Games. Participants will not have to be inoculated before arrival, and there are no plans to prioritize vaccination of Japanese athletes or volunteers.

Koike seeks to put cork in street drinking as virus cases rise : The Asahi Shimbun

People gather and drink alcohol on a street in Tokyo’s Kabukicho district on April 19. (Toshiyuki Hayashi) Tokyo is taking new steps to tamp down on public drinking in the streets to reduce the novel coronavirus’ spread, a move that comes just ahead of an expected third state of emergency. Metropolitan and ward government officials, together with police officers and fire department staff, will start patrolling streets in the capital’s Kabukicho district starting at 8:30 p.m. on April 23 to discourage street drinking, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said. “Curbing street drinking will lead to infection prevention,” Koike said at a news conference earlier in the day. “I want to strengthen measures mainly in nightlife districts.”

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