reporter: japan vaccine rollout has been held back by obamacare, a lack of manpower, a lack of doctors and nurses to administer the doses. the prime minister said that the goal is to finish vaccination of the elderly by the end of july, which is after the olympics have already started. even that timeline public health experts tell me is extremely optimistic. and notedly there is still no timeline for when the broader population is going to be eligible for a vaccine. now all of this is happening as opposition to the games grow. more calls for cancellation including from the medical community who said it s impossible to hold the games safely. yeah. it s not enough when a lot more than the elderly population is going to want to go to the games. thank you for that report. we ll be right back. little things can become your big moment. that s why there s otezla. otezla is not a cream. it s a pill that treats plaque psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable.
Fraught history haunts Japan s COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said he would be among the first to be vaccinated for COVID-19, in an apparent attempt to bolster lukewarm confidence about the jab. AFP January 11, 2021 / 10:47 AM IST
File image: A medical worker receives experimental H1N1 flu shot at a hospital in Tokyo, Japan in October 19, 2009. (Image: Reuters/Yuriko Nakao (Japan Health Society)
A history of vaccine controversies in Japan may cast a long shadow over the coronavirus jab rollout, experts warn, even as the country battles a severe third wave of infections.
While vaccine hesitancy, and outright opposition, has been growing in developed countries in recent years, public suspicion dates back much further in Japan.