More than half of the inhabitants of Japan were completely given from coronavirus infection. This was announced by the Minister to restore the economy of Japan Yasoumos Nisimura, his words reported TASS.
“I think the proportion of the second dose exceeded 50 percent,” he said. Nisimura also expressed the hope that by the end of the month this indicator will reach 60 percent, due to which the rate of vaccination in the country will catch up with similar indicators of European countries.
Earlier, the Chairman of the European Commission of Ursula von der Lyien reported that 70 percent of the EU population was vaccinated from coronavirus. “Now 250 million people are the owners of immunity from this disease. This is a really great achievement, clearly demonstrating what we are capable when we work together,” she stressed. At the same time, the chairman of the European Commission noted that the pandemic had not yet ended, and new strains still represent a greater danger.