Japan speeds up COVID vaccine rollout for elderly May 10 06:45 pm JST May 10 | 07:02 pm JST TOKYO
Japan on Monday accelerated its rollout of coronavirus vaccines with the aim of inoculating all of the elderly by the end of July amid a fourth wave of infections.
The government will send vaccines to municipalities to administer to over 9 million people in two weeks from Monday, covering a quarter of the nation s elderly population of about 36 million and plans to distribute vaccines for the entire elderly population by the end of June.
Japan lags behind other advanced countries in its vaccine rollout, with only some 240,000 of the elderly having received the first of two shots as of last Thursday, according to government data.
Japan speeds up COVID vaccine rollout for elderly amid virus surge
Japan accelerated Monday its rollout of coronavirus vaccines with the aim of inoculating all of the elderly by the end of July amid a fourth wave of infections.
The number of COVID-19 patients with severe symptoms in the country rose to a record 1,152, the health ministry said, as daily coronavirus cases reached more than 4,900 with Tokyo reporting 573 and Osaka Prefecture logging 668.
A woman receives a novel coronavirus vaccine shot in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, western Japan, on May 10, 2021. (Kyodo)
The government will send vaccines to municipalities to administer to over 9 million people in two weeks from Monday, covering a quarter of the nation s elderly population of about 36 million and plans to distribute vaccines for the entire elderly population by the end of June.
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A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot in Shunan, Yamaguchi Prefecture, Monday as many municipalities launched full-scale vaccinations for older people. | KYODO
Kyodo May 10, 2021
Japan accelerated on Monday its rollout of coronavirus vaccines with the aim of completely inoculating all people age 65 or older by the end of July amid a fourth wave of infections.
Over the next two weeks starting Monday, the government will send vaccines to municipalities to administer shots to over 9 million people, covering a quarter of the nation’s population age 65 or over of about 36 million and plans to distribute vaccines for the entire population of such people by the end of June.