Japan minister urges vaccines for young
As Olympics host Tokyo saw another record number of coronavirus cases Wednesday, Japan’s vaccination minister said the speed of the country’s inoculation campaign is less urgent than getting shots to young adults, whom some health experts are blaming for the
current surge in infections.
Tokyo reported 3,177 new coronavirus cases Wednesday,
an all-time high for the city and the first time it exceeded 3,000 infections in a day. The new cases bring the total for the Japanese capital to 206,745 since the pandemic began.
Health experts have noted that cases among younger, unvaccinated people are rising sharply. While about two-thirds of Wednesday’s cases were people in their 30s or below, those in their 40s and 50s now dominate Tokyo’s nearly 3,000 hospitalized patients and are gradually filling up available beds.
The government says 33.4 million people, or 26.3 percent of the public, have been fully vaccinated and 47 million, or 37 percent, have had at least one shot as of Monday. About 25 million elderly people, or about 70 percent, are completely inoculated while 30 million, or 85 percent, have had at least one dose.
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