FOCUS: Some sections of public skeptical as Japan set to roll out vaccines

As the Japanese government prepares to roll out novel coronavirus vaccines on Wednesday to fight the pandemic, skepticism in some sections of the public may hamper the effort.Medical experts say that around 80 percent of the population must have immunity against COVID-19, the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus, through vaccinations or previous infections to reach herd immunity and start turning the tide against the virus.Yet in a Kyodo News survey conducted on Feb. 6-7, only 63.1 percent of people in Japan expressed willingness to get a shot while 27.4 percent said they were unwi…READ FULL ARTICLE