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Japan gov t averting criticism with early inoculation for small number of elderly in mid-April The Mainichi © The Mainichi A COVID-19 vaccination drill takes place at the Shibukawa civic hall in Gunma Prefecture on Feb. 24, 2021. (Mainichi/Tetsuya Shoji)
TOKYO While priority vaccinations against the coronavirus will start for elderly people aged 65 and older in some parts of Japan on April 12, it appears that the number of those to receive the vaccine will remain very low in the early stages.
There are no prospects of a stable supply of COVID-19 vaccines from overseas, and it is estimated that full-scale vaccinations for elderly individuals nationwide will begin in the week starting on April 26. The Japanese government has taken particular care to begin inoculations during the month of April to avoid criticism over the slight delay from the originally scheduled start to vaccinations for the elderly on April 1 at the earliest, amid a rise in the public
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