TamilOver 50 percent of Japan’s population fully vaccinated
13 September 2021, 3:28 pm
TOKYO, JAPAN - MARCH 05: A medical worker receives a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at the Tokyo Metropolitan Cancer and Infectious Diseases Center Komagome Hospital on March 05, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Japanese government will extend the COVID-19 state of emergency, which was intended initially until March 7, for two weeks for the Tokyo metropolitan area. (Photo by Yoshikazu Tsuno - Pool/Getty Images)
Over 50 per cent of Japan’s population have been fully inoculated against Covid-19, Minister in charge of the coronavirus response Yasutoshi Nishimura said.
Nishimura said on Sunday that “if vaccination moves ahead at the current pace, it will surpass 60 percent by the end of this month”, reports Xinhua news agency.
Although the vaccination rollout started late in Japan compared with other developed economies, the government has put efforts on accelerating the progress with goals to complete the full vaccination of all people who are eligible and willing to receive the shots by early November, he added.
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