Regarding the overseas supply of the new coronavirus vaccine, Foreign Minister Mogi announced on the 16th that it will provide about 1 million doses to Vietnam.
He also expressed his intention to provide vaccines to four countries in Southeast Asia, including Indonesia and Thailand, in early July.
At a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, Foreign Minister Mogi provided Taiwan with 1.24 million doses of the new coronavirus vaccine, and on the 16th, gave Vietnam about 1 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine manufactured in Japan. Revealed to provide.
He also expressed his intention to provide vaccines to four countries, Indonesia, Thailand, the Philippines and Malaysia, in early July.
In addition, he stated that he would consider additional provisions to Taiwan and Vietnam, and provisions through an international framework for distributing vaccines.
Minister Mogi said that it is the countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations that are coordinating the provision of new vaccines. However, it is an extremely important country. We made a decision by comprehensively considering the domestic infection situation, vaccine shortage, and relations with Japan. "