Vaccine delivery for new coronavirus healthcare professionals will be completed this week.

The delivery of vaccines to the elderly is also in full swing, and it is expected that about 19 million doses will be supplied nationwide from this week to next weekend.

Pfizer's vaccine began in February for approximately 4.8 million healthcare professionals, and has been inoculated to approximately 36 million elderly people aged 65 and over this year since last month.



According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, more than 2.57 million doses of vaccines for healthcare professionals will be delivered to local governments this week, and the amount that everyone can inoculate twice will be delivered.



In addition, the delivery of vaccines for the elderly will begin in earnest, and the supply of syringes that can be inoculated six times, one more than before, will begin from one container.



As a result, we will be able to supply 18.72 million doses from this week to next weekend.



On the other hand, even if the vaccine arrives, the medical staff and venues required for vaccination cannot be secured, and some local governments are not advancing the vaccination as expected. I want to support the local government. "