Japan begins vaccine drive amid uncertainty over Olympics

A medical worker receives a dose of Covid-19 vaccine at Tokyo Medical Centre (Behrouz Mehri/AP)

Japan’s first coronavirus jabs were given to health workers, beginning a vaccination campaign considered crucial to holding the already delayed Tokyo Olympics.

The progress the campaign might make is uncertain, however, in a country concerned about possible shortages of imported vaccines and where people are often reluctant to take vaccines due to worries of side effects.