Since mid-August, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to give priority to the six prefectures that have been declared a state of emergency and deliver a total of nearly 2 million doses of AstraZeneca's new coronavirus vaccine.
The AstraZeneca vaccine was added to public vaccinations on the 3rd, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced the first allocation policy to prefectures.
According to this, priority will be given to the six prefectures of Tokyo, Kanagawa, Chiba, Saitama, Osaka, and Okinawa where the state of emergency has been declared, and delivery will be carried out sequentially from August 16 to September. is.
The delivery volume is
▽ Tokyo for
579,500
times
▽ Kanagawa prefecture
for
390,600 times
▽ Osaka prefecture for 357,900 times
▽ Chiba prefecture for 305,600 times
▽ Saitama prefecture for 258,700 times
▽ Okinawa prefecture
for 50,000 times
The
upper limit is
8000 times
.
The policy is to deliver to other prefectures up to 1000 times each after August 23, and the total delivery amount will be about 2 million times nationwide.
Since AstraZeneca vaccine is said to have a risk of causing blood clots in extremely rare cases, it is not supposed to be inoculated under the age of 40 in principle, and people who are allergic to other vaccine components or overseas This means that people who have already been vaccinated with AstraZeneca once will be eligible.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare requires prefectures to establish at least one vaccination site and to carefully explain the efficacy and safety of the vaccinated person to obtain their consent.