A man passes a billboard for the Tokyo Olympics in front of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government building. EPA=Yonhap News
– Japan’s new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) is showing a decline, with the number of newly confirmed coronavirus infections (Corona 19) decreasing to 1,000 in six days since the 1st, but public opinion continues that the Tokyo Olympics, which are set to begin in July, should be delayed.
According to the statistics of local public broadcaster NHK on the 8th, 1631 confirmed corona19 confirmed all over Japan the previous day. This is a decrease compared to the maximum number of new confirmed patients per day in the early and mid last month rose to 7,000.
The cumulative corona 19 confirmed in Japan has increased to 40,6274, and the number of corona 19 deaths has increased by 52 to 6441.
Meanwhile, the Japanese government is said to have approved the Corona 19 vaccine developed by Pfizer, a US pharmaceutical company, on the 15th and plans to start vaccination on the 17th.
According to Kyodo News, the Japanese Medicines Review Agency (PMDA) recently compiled a review report acknowledging a’special approval’ that simplifies the review process, saying that there are no special problems with the safety and effectiveness of Pfizer vaccines.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will officially approve the report on the 15th if it is determined that this report is valid at the Japan Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Specialized Section. The Japanese government plans to first inoculate the Pfizer vaccine to 10,000 medical workers who have agreed to the purpose of the safety investigation, and then start the Corona 19 vaccination to about 36 million elderly people over 65 years old from April 1.
In the midst of this, skepticism about the holding of the Tokyo Olympics scheduled for July continues.
In a telephone poll conducted by Kyodo News Agency against Japanese voters on the 6th and 7th, 47.1% of respondents said they should postpone the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games again, and 35.2% said they should cancel.
82.3% of all respondents responded negatively to hosting the Tokyo Olympics as scheduled, and only 14.5% said that it should be held as scheduled.
Regarding the format of hosting the Tokyo Olympics, 49.6% chose’restriction of the number of spectators’ and 43.1% said it was necessary to hold’without spectators’. 3.4% of the respondents chose to hold in a conventional manner.
Reporter Jeong Hye-jeong [email protected]
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