Regarding the third inoculation of the new coronavirus vaccine, it was found from the data aggregate updated on the 4th that the number of inoculations per day exceeded 1 million in the two days of last month.

Regarding the third vaccination, the government will gradually reduce the interval from the second vaccination, which was initially 8 months, to 6 months, and will achieve 1 million vaccinations per day as early as February. I was aiming for it.



According to the data of the VRS = vaccination recording system updated on the 4th, it was found that the number of vaccinations per day exceeded 1 million in the two days of the 18th and 26th of last month, respectively.



The number of inoculations was


1,03648 on the 18th of last month and 1,021,053


on the 26th of last month.



Data may be entered late, so the number of inoculations per day may increase further in the future.



In addition, the total number of people who received the third vaccination was 29,062,284, which is 22.9% of the total population.

Vaccine Minister Horiuchi "I will continue to do my best"

Horiuchi, the minister in charge of vaccination, said at a press conference that the number of vaccinations per day exceeded 1 million on the 18th and 26th of last month, according to the aggregate of the data input to the VRS = vaccination recording system by the 3rd. explained.



Minister Horiuchi said, "I would like to thank the local government, medical personnel, and the people who received the vaccination. I will continue to do my utmost to create a system and environment so that those who wish to receive the vaccination as soon as possible." rice field.