Suga “Tokyo Olympics will be evidence that humanity has won the corona”

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said on the 18th that he will take the initiative to receive a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) vaccine.

Prime Minister Suga said in a speech on the corrective policy following the opening of the General Assembly (regular assembly) that afternoon, “Vaccines are the number of battles in countermeasures against infection (new coronavirus). We will prepare to start vaccination by the end of February.”

It is known that the Japanese government has secured more than 120% of the total population of Corona 19 vaccine through pre-purchase contracts with pharmaceutical companies in each country to date.

However, there is only one vaccine that has been applied for approval in Japan and is under screening, which was jointly developed by Pfizer, a US pharmaceutical company, and Bioentech, Germany, so it will take a long time before the Japanese government targets the nationwide vaccination. In addition, as the spread continues, with up to 7800 new corona19 confirmed cases per day reported in Japan this year, the current “emergency situation (emergency) related to Corona 19 in 11 metropolitan local governments including the capital city of Tokyo. Situation) Declaration’ has been re-announced, and for this reason, there are observations that the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympic Games, which are scheduled for July-September this year, may also be disrupted. According to the results of a recent poll conducted by local media companies, the proportion of negative respondents to the Tokyo Olympics held within this year accounts for more than 70%.

However, in his speech on the day, Prime Minister Suga diagnosed that the Corona 19 epidemic in his country is “in a serious situation,” but said, “I will fix it as soon as possible. Regarding the’emergency declaration’, the so-called ‘4th stage’ (the most serious infection situation) will be quickly removed,” he said.

Prime Minister Suga also said, “The Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games are evidence that humanity has won the novel coronavirus, and we want to use it as an opportunity to inform the world of the revival from the Great East Japan Earthquake. He also mentioned.

(Seoul = News 1)