The vaccination pace is quickening even as the young remain hesitant amid an anti-vaccination misinformation campaign and officials have slowed vaccination reservations as demand outpaces supply.
A resurgence of cases among the young has already begun in Tokyo, which reported 619 new cases Wednesday, up from the last seven-day average of 405. As recently as early May, only a quarter million shots were being given daily, with only 2-3% of the population fully vaccinated. The pace has since picked up to hit 1 million a day, a target set by Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga that was once widely considered overly ambitious.
Japan's vaccination rollout started with medical workers in mid-February, months behind many other countries. The delay was because of additional clinical testing required for foreign-developed vaccines. Japanese government and Olympic officials, despite their early pledge to hold a "safe and secure" Games without vaccines, accepted the International Olympic Committee's donation of Pfizer doses for participants, while they scramble to accelerate vaccinations of the public.
"Most of my friends haven't gotten it," she said. "I was lucky that my company will administer vaccines."
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