Japan has been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus from the 17th.
The vaccine inoculated by Japan is a vaccine jointly developed by Pfizer, a US pharmaceutical company, and Bioentech, a German company.
The Japanese government said that as the first stage of vaccination, about 40,000 workers in about 100 medical facilities including national hospitals will be vaccinated.
In addition, he explained that 20,000 out of 40,000 people inoculated at the first stage were to have an observation diary to analyze the safety of the vaccine, and that the second vaccination was three weeks after the first vaccination.
Next, in the middle of next month, the remaining 3.7 million healthcare workers will be vaccinated, and from April 1st, the vaccine will be given to 36 million elderly people over 65 years of age.
Taro Kono said it is expected that it will take about a year to complete the free vaccination for the entire nation.
According to the United States’ Johns Hopkins University statistics, on the 16th, 1,308 new confirmed cases and 101 deaths in Japan.
Meanwhile, according to the University of Oxford Research Institute in the UK, approximately 188 million doses of vaccination have been performed in more than 70 countries and regions around the world.
This is only about 1% of the world’s population vaccinated against the coronavirus.
The country with the highest number of vaccinations is the United States, with about 52 million doses so far.
The country with the highest vaccination rate is Israel, with about 46% of the population vaccinated.
VOA news
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