The Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare has announced that it will officially approve the new coronavirus vaccine developed by the American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer on the 14th, following the approval of the approval by the expert group of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. I did.
An expert group of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare met on the night of the 12th and approved the approval of the vaccine developed by Pfizer, saying that it was confirmed to be effective and safe.
In response to this, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura received an evaluation from reporters that "the effect can be sufficiently confirmed and it is okay to approve it." We would like to promptly approve the special case. Approve on Sunday at the earliest. It will be in the form of "," he said, and said that he would officially approve the special case on the 14th.
In addition, it was clarified that the inoculation was performed twice by intramuscular injection at intervals of 3 weeks and was intended for people 16 years and older.
He added, "It has great significance in terms of fighting the new corona and protecting the health of the people."
On the other hand, Minister Tamura told the public about the fact that the attendees of the expert group pointed out that the mutant strain is considered to have a certain degree of effectiveness at the moment, but that it is necessary to keep an eye on it in the future, and that fever and pain associated with inoculation. It was revealed that there was an opinion requesting that information be disseminated firmly.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has signed a contract with Pfizer to receive vaccines for 72 million people by the end of the year, and pre-vaccination of healthcare workers is expected to begin in the middle of next week.