Regarding the vaccination of the new coronavirus, Mr. Kono, the minister in charge of regulatory reform, explained in NHK's "Sunday Debate" that "the supply will be very limited until April," and based on the outlook for supply. He revealed his intention to show the future schedule within this week.
Among them, the minister in charge of vaccination, Mr. Kono, said about the vaccine developed by Pfizer, a major American pharmaceutical company, "There is a great demand in each country and we are expanding factories in Europe, and supply is expected to increase from spring. "I wonder if it will start up in May," he explained. "The supply will be very limited until April."
And about inoculation to elderly people, "I want to start from April, but since the vaccine will be limited at the beginning, I want to start slowly. The local government is making various assumptions such as starting from people over 100 years old. The inoculation period was set at "2 months and 3 weeks" as a guide, but I don't think big cities will probably do that. "
On top of that, Minister Kono said, "Since the supply from the EU = European Union is undecided, we are still unable to inform the local government of the supply schedule. We have to make some decisions within this week." Based on this, he made clear his intention to show the future schedule within this week.
In addition, regarding vaccination for people with underlying illness, "The local government probably does not know whether or not there is an underlying illness. After sending the vaccination tickets all at once," People with underlying illness raise their hands and make a reservation first. I have to do it. "