Vaccination of elderly to start on Monday -NHK WORLD -JAPAN - 12 hours ago
Coronavirus vaccinations for about 36 million elderly people aged 65 and older will begin in Japan on Monday.
The vaccine developed by US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech has been administered to medical workers in Japan since February.
Japan's health ministry says shots will be given in at least 120 locations across the country, including a facility for the elderly in Tokyo's Setagaya Ward and a gymnasium in Matsubara City, Osaka Prefecture.
Three-thousand-nine-hundred doses had each been delivered to Tokyo, Kanagawa and Osaka prefecture by Sunday, while other prefectures received 1,950 each.
The ministry says, if everything goes smoothly, it can deliver enough vaccine to allow all elderly people to receive two shots each by the end of June.
Those who wish to be vaccinated need to make reservations by phone of online after receiving coupons from their municipal offices.
