ワクチン、９割以上接種へ　山下会長も１回目―ＪＯＣ

　日本オリンピック委員会（ＪＯＣ）の山下泰裕会長は３日、東京都内で開いた定例記者会見で、東京五輪日本選手団への新型コロナウイルスワクチン接種について「９割５分が接種する方向と聞いている」と明かした。接種は１日に始まり、選手のほか指導者、関係者ら１６００人が対象。山下会長は３日に１回目の接種を受けたという。
　山下会長は、大会を開催し選手が努力する姿を見せることは日本社会にプラスになると主張し、「（開催を）後ろめたく思う必要はないと選手に強く伝えたい」と話した。政府のコロナ感染症対策分科会の尾身茂会長が、現在の感染状況での大会開催は「普通はない」との認識を示したことについては「（国民に）負担、迷惑を掛けないよう、もう一段階努力する必要がある」と述べた。（2021/06/03-16:33）

About 95 pct of members of Japan's Tokyo Olympics delegation plan to get jabs against the novel coronavirus in the run-up to the event, Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita said Thursday.
   Coronavirus inoculations for the Japanese delegation began Tuesday, with 1,600 people, including athletes and coaches, eligible. Yamashita himself received his first shot on Thursday.
   Yamashita told a press conference that holding the Tokyo Games this summer and having athletes show their devoted efforts will have a positive effect on Japanese society.
   "I want to deliver a powerful message to the athletes that there is no need for them to feel guilty (about the games being held)" despite opposition among experts, the general public and others to pushing ahead with the event amid the pandemic, he said.
   On Wednesday, Shigeru Omi, who heads the government's COVID-19 task force, said that it would "not be normal" to hold the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics amid the health crisis. Referring to the comment, Yamashita said, "We need to make more efforts in order not to put burdens (on people)."