65% think Japan's vaccine rollout is slow

Nearly two-thirds of Japanese believe the government's coronavirus vaccine rollout, which began in mid-February, is progressing slowly, according to a weekend survey by Kyodo News .

In a national telephone survey conducted on Saturday and Sunday, 65.6% of respondents said vaccine promotion was progressing slowly, while 28.9% said vaccination was going smoothly.

Japan is still vaccinating medical staff and plans to start vaccinating the elderly in mid-April. Vaccines for all people aged 65 or above will be delivered to local governments by the end of June.

In addition, the poll also showed that 82.2% of people are worried about the spread of the mutated coronavirus in Japan.

It is understood that the state of emergency in the Tokyo area ended on Sunday, and other areas have lifted emergency measures, and the government has relaxed epidemic prevention measures, such as shortening the business hours of restaurants and bars. But now the number of cases in Tokyo has stopped falling, remaining at about 300 cases a day for weeks.

Now, a majority of Japanese citizens are questioning Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's decision to end the state of emergency on Sunday, with 52.2% saying the move was premature, 27.9% saying it was appropriate to cancel it now and 12.9% thinking the decision should have been made earlier.

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga's cabinet has a support rating of 42.1%, up from 38.8% in a poll last month, which was the first time support has fallen below 40% since Suga took office in September. Conversely, disapproval ratings fell to 41.5% from 45.9% in February.

With only four months to go until the opening of the Tokyo Olympics, only 23.2% of respondents believe that the Olympics and Paralympics should be held as scheduled, and 39.8% of respondents believe that the events should be cancelled.

On plans considered by Olympic organizers to limit the number of spectators at the Summer Games, 53.9% said there should be a cap, while 39.8% opposed any spectators at venues.

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