'Rapid and intensive vaccinations in Japan among those younger than 64 might have created a temporary condition similar to herd-immunity,' said Dr. Kazuhiro Tateda, a Toho University professor of virology.
Japan has seen a low in coronavirus cases recently which may be due to the success in its vaccination campaign after a summer wave that peaked at nearly 6,000 daily cases.While some are baffled as to the steep decline, others say possible factors in Japan's new numbers include a remarkably rapid COVID vaccination campaign.
Nearly 70 percent of the population is fully vaccinated. Japan has never had a pandemic lockdown, instead the country has been in multiple states of emergency. Though some speculated that the drop in cases might be due to less testing, Tokyo metropolitan government data showed the positivity rate fell from 25 percent in late August to 1 percent in mid-October, while the number of tests fell by one-third. Masataka Inokuchi, the Tokyo Medical Association deputy chief, said falling positivity rates show infections have slowed.
To speed up inoculations, former Prime Minister who left office recently, expanded the number of health workers legally eligible to give shots, opened large-scale vaccination centers and promoted workplace vaccinations beginning in late June.
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