The third flight of the aircraft carrying up to about 520,000 doses of the new coronavirus vaccine arrived at Narita Airport on the morning of March 1.

The vaccine from Pfizer, a major American pharmaceutical company, arrived at Narita Airport from Belgium, where the production plant is located, at around 10:15 am on March 1, following the 12th and 21st of last month.



According to Pfizer, this third airlift is capable of inoculating up to about 520,000 doses.



The vaccine was packed in a special box with dry ice, and airline staff carefully removed the box from the cargo hold of the aircraft.



Vaccines are to be transported to a warehouse in a cargo-only vehicle, unpacked, transshipped to trucks, and transported to a storage location outside the airport.



The maximum number of vaccines that have arrived in Japan so far, including the first and second flights, is about 1.36 million, which means that about 680,000 people have been secured.



In Japan, following the advance vaccination of about 40,000 people at 100 medical institutions nationwide that started last month, priority vaccination of about 4.7 million medical workers will start from this week. It will be delivered to the prefecture.



Pfizer's vaccine will be delivered to the country one after another from next week onward, and the government will deliver the vaccine necessary for two doses of priority vaccinations to healthcare workers and elderly people nationwide by the end of June. It shows the outlook.

Minister Kono "Week of April 26, start sending vaccines to municipalities"

At the House of Representatives Budget Committee on the 1st, the minister in charge of vaccination, Kono, said about sending vaccination tickets to the elderly, "We will start sending vaccines to each municipality in the week of April 26, so that's about it. I hope that many elderly people will receive the vaccination ticket by then. It is okay to do so at the discretion of the local government. "

Prime Minister Suga "Thorough measures to cancel all declarations on the 7th"

At the House of Representatives Budget Committee on the 1st, Hideki Makihara of the Liberal Democratic Party said, "The state of emergency is scheduled to be due this weekend in the remaining four prefectures. Vaccination has started and we heard about our determination to converge. I want to. "



Prime Minister Suga said, "On the 7th of this month, we would like to take more thorough measures so that the state of emergency can be lifted in all areas. We would like to deliver the vaccine to all elderly people twice by the end of June. "