Japan plans mass vaccination as Olympic doubts mount

Media reports mass vaccination could be completed by June, as public resistance to the Games grows.

Japan aims to start vaccinating the general public against the coronavirus in May, just two months before the delayed Olympics are due to start, as more doubts emerge over whether the event will even take place this year. The Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper said the government was hoping the majority of adults would be vaccinated by July, when the Games are due to open. About 10,000 medical workers will be first in line for free inoculation, with the programme due to start next month, top government officials have said, followed by 50 million at-risk people including those with underlying conditions and aged above 65.