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Confronting graph shows major threat facing the world in 85 days – Yahoo News Australia
Japan has inoculated only 1.6 per cent of its population with more than 10,000 athletes and staff due to arrive for the Toyko Olympics in the coming months.
The glacial pace of Japan’s vaccine rollout in the face of a surging “fourth wave” of coronavirus threatens to derail the Olympics with just 85 days to go until the Games are due to start.
As the event creeps closer, there are growing concerns the influx of athletes from around the world could lead to a superspreader event a concern underpinned by the curiously slow pace of the vaccine rollout in Japan.
Japan has strong healthcare and pharmaceutical industries but has one of the slowest vaccine…
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