Japanese Olympic athletes get shots as general public lags

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Japan started vaccinating Tokyo Games-bound athletes, the Japanese Olympic Committee said. The vaccination of healthy athletes comes as only 2-3% of the general population in Japan has been fully vaccinated.

 

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My parents’s vaccination appointments have been decided in August.Our prime minister has declared that the vaccinations for the elderly will be end by September.The lie has already been proved.Also I have no idea when I could get vaccinated yet.

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