TOKYO — Tokyo’s Tsukiji market, once the site of the world-famous dawn tuna auction, became the city’s latest mass vaccination site on Tuesday, with first responders lining up for their shots.
The main wholesale inner section of Tsukiji market, including the auction hall where massive bluefins sold for millions of dollars, was relocated to a new site in 2018.
Set to be a transport hub for the upcoming Tokyo 2020 Olympics, the market is now being used to ramp up Japan’s vaccination program, which got off to a slow start but is beginning to pick up speed.
Just under 3.5 percent of the population is fully vaccinated, with a little over 10 percent having received thei…
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