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NEWS: Tokyo's 3 Neighboring Prefectures Seek COVID-19 State of Emergency Declaration (Update 2)




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Ashen Phoenix



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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 10:04 am Reply with quote
Jesus. I hope they can receive enough help to start to see these numbers dwindle. Crying or Very sad
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 11:28 am Reply with quote
I read the entire article wondering what the Evangelion tie-in was going to be before realizing the headline was not "Tokyo-3's neighboring prefectures...." but was "Tokyo's three neighboring prefectures...."

Some good news: vaccination rates in Japan are increasing rapidly.
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Shirō Sagisu's music intensifies. Exclamation
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 4:56 pm Reply with quote
dm wrote:
Some good news: vaccination rates in Japan are increasing rapidly.
Unfortunately they increased too quickly and we're seeing supply shortages. Some of my friends can't get reservations until November!
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PostPosted: Wed Jul 28, 2021 7:21 pm Reply with quote
CheerSong wrote:
dm wrote:
Some good news: vaccination rates in Japan are increasing rapidly.
Unfortunately they increased too quickly and we're seeing supply shortages. Some of my friends can't get reservations until November!


And I can confirmed via Japan Today just posted a few hours ago about Taro Kano, the current Minister for Administrative Reform and Regulatory Reform under PM Suga, that the Japanese government is trying to reach out to young adults to convince them to get vaccinated while at the same time combatting vaccine misinformation(looks like Japan has the same vaccine misinformation problem like the US has). I'll quote the article:

Japan Today wrote:
Taro Kono told The Associated Press that Japan is “overshooting” its goal of a million shots a day, so “speed doesn’t matter anymore.” He said Japan is averaging about 10 million shots a week after a late start that critics have blamed on extra red tape.

He said officials will turn to the internet to get the message out to young adults and work to combat vaccine misinformation. Young adults are now eligible for vaccinations under Japan's largely age-based immunization system, but many are not eager.

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.

Tokyo is under its fourth state of emergency, which will last through the Olympics and stop two days before the Paralympics begin Aug. 24. Experts had earlier warned that the more contagious delta variant could cause a surge during the Olympics, which started Friday.


Source: [url]https://japantoday.com/category/national/Kono-says-gov't-trying-to-reach-young-adults-to-combat-vaccine-misinformation[/url]
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