Vaccination with the new coronavirus will begin on the 12th for the elderly.
The vaccine developed by Pfizer, a major pharmaceutical company in the United States, has been inoculated to medical professionals since February, and will be inoculated sequentially from the 12th to about 36 million elderly people aged 65 and over. ..
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, on the 12th of the first day, inoculation will be carried out at at least about 120 locations nationwide, including facilities for the elderly in Setagaya Ward, Tokyo and gymnasiums in Matsubara City, Osaka.
Vaccines delivered to prefectures by the 11th are ▽ Tokyo, Kanagawa, Osaka 3900 times each, ▽ other prefectures 1950 times each, and there is a movement among local governments to start vaccination from users of facilities for the elderly. It has come out.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare plans to increase the amount of deliveries to local governments in the future, and plans to deliver the amount that can be inoculated twice by all the target elderly people by the end of June.
To receive the vaccination, you need to make a reservation by phone or the Internet after receiving the vaccination ticket from the local government.
You can also search for medical institutions that can receive vaccinations on the dedicated site "Corona Vaccine Navi" of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.