Japan will start its COVID-19 inoculation drive on Wednesday, beginning with 40,000 medical employees, Japan’s vaccination programme chief Taro Kono stated at a information convention on Tuesday.
The authorities formally accepted Pfizer Inc’s COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday, the primary such approval within the nation grappling a 3rd wave of infections.
“We will start our inoculation drive tomorrow, with about 40,000 medical workers who have been raised as candidates” to turn into the primary to get the vaccine, Kono stated.
The European Union has accepted the second cargo of COVID-19 vaccines to Japan, which is predicted to reach subsequent week, he added. Japan would be the final member of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations to launch a vaccination drive.
The authorities plans to inoculate medical employees first, then individuals aged 65 or above, these with well being situations, and employees at aged care facility employees.
Japan, with a inhabitants of 126 million, has to date signed contracts to obtain 314 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer Inc, AstraZeneca Plc and Moderna Inc, sufficient for 157 million individuals.
