The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is requesting local governments to utilize Pfizer's new coronavirus vaccine, saying that up to 38 million doses may be stored in inventory at medical institutions nationwide.
On the other hand, some local governments have reserved the vaccine for the second vaccination, and there are a number of voices saying that the surplus vaccine is limited.
In July, local governments are moving to cancel reservations or cancel acceptance because the desired amount of vaccine has not arrived.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Pfizer's vaccines delivered nationwide by July 4 were about 88.25 million doses, of which "VRS" = vaccination recording system confirmed that they were used for vaccination. , It means that it is only about 49.5 million times.
For this reason, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is requesting local governments to utilize it, saying that up to about 38.75 million doses may be stored as inventory in clinics.
On the other hand, local governments have said that the amount of vaccines that are actually left over is limited, as some of them have been reserved for the second vaccination and some of them have already been used but the input of vaccination records has not caught up. It is one after another.