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With Olympics ahead, why Japan took so long to start Covid-19 vaccinations drive?

After a sequence of vaccine scandals stretching again 50 years, Japan has one of many lowest charges of vaccine confidence on this planet - so profitable over a skeptical public is essential.

Japan's resistance to vaccinations presents an issue for the federal government on the subject of rolling out the coronavirus vaccine.The Japanese authorities has requested half of the primary spherical of medical doctors and nurses to maintain an "remark diary," to watch any unintended effects for seven weeks after receiving each doses of the vaccine.