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Osaka Mayor, “Vaccination cannot be completed this summer”
“The Japanese government needs to discuss the postponement of the Tokyo Olympics in 2024”
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The Japanese government has decided to promote corona19 vaccination to the general public starting in May. Prime Minister Suga has even appointed a minister in charge of vaccines with life or death from hosting the Olympics, but local governments administering the vaccines are not sure how to prepare. Reports from Tokyo correspondent Lee Gyeong-ah. Kono, Minister of Administrative Reform, who ranked first in popularity to the next Prime Minister in a recent poll. One more job title has risen these days. Prime Minister Suga appointed Minister Kono, a very popular audience, to oversee vaccine distribution and vaccination. Following the medical workers who start vaccination at the end of next month, the vaccination schedule of the general public is outlined. The Japanese government is pushing for a plan to start vaccination in May and finish it in July. Finishing before the Tokyo Olympics is interpreted as a means of reducing negative public opinion and public anxiety about the event. However, local governments that have to prepare for vaccination are confused because there are no specific government guidelines. The storage and distribution of vaccines that require cryogenic conditions of tens of degrees below zero are also problematic. The Japanese government has offered to send 10,000 freezers to local governments, but it is not known when the number will be secured. Osaka Mayor Matsui has a negative outlook, saying that it is impossible to end domestic vaccination by this summer. He then insisted that the government should consult with the IOC to postpone it until 2024 so that the Olympics can be held in a celebratory atmosphere after the coronavirus outbreak. I’m Kyungah Lee from YTN in Tokyo.
