A subcommittee by experts from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare was held to discuss how to inoculate the new corona vaccine from April onwards, and after continuing the current free vaccination, the elderly who are at high risk of becoming seriously ill are 5. A policy of two doses, one in January and one in September, was approved.
The new corona vaccination is positioned as a ``special temporary vaccination'' as an urgent need to prevent the spread, and is being given free of charge until the end of March.
A subcommittee by experts from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare was held on the 22nd to discuss how vaccinations should be after April, and the policy of continuing the current "special temporary vaccination" until March next year was approved.
In addition, regarding the timing and number of vaccinations
, the aim is to reduce the number of severely ill people. In addition to inoculating the bivalent vaccine against the Omicron strain through May,
we plan to vaccinate all people who can be vaccinated, including the elderly, from September to December if they wish.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will make a formal decision in early March and make the necessary revisions to laws and regulations, and will decide on vaccines to be used after autumn as early as April.