He started vaccinating adults over the age of 65 against him coronavirus Japan, with the doses being low and the pace of the vaccination campaign not seem to be able to stem the fourth wave of the pandemic in the country.
The Pfizer vaccine against covid-19 in all adults over the age of 65 has been started in about 120 vaccination centers across Japan today. These installments are made in Europe and delivered last week in its provinces Japan.
Only 2,810 people in Tokyo are expected to be vaccinated from the first batch, while most provinces will receive 1,000 doses or less, according to the program of the Ministry of Health. Japan has a population of 126 million, the majority of whom are elderly, according to AMPE.
Government Secretary Katsunobu Kato reiterated today that Tokyo estimates it can provide a sufficient number of vaccines for the country’s 36 million people over the age of 65 by the end of June.
“If imports from the EU go smoothly, I estimate that the country will be able to distribute vaccines that can be given to all older people,” Kato explained.
At the same time in Tokyo they come into force today and for a month increased measures to curb the fourth wave of coronavirus infections, which is mainly triggered by the mutated strains of the virus, while the start of the Olympic Games is in just 100 days.
Japan was among the last major economies in the world to start vaccination against covid-19 in mid-February. Tarot Cano, the minister in charge of vaccines, defended the pace of the vaccination campaign, explaining that local governments needed time to prepare.
“After tomorrow we will inform the regions how many (vaccines) we can distribute and they will decide how much they will give to each municipality,” Kano said speaking to NHK yesterday Sunday.
Japan relies on the Pfizer vaccine, as it is the only one approved by the country’s regulatory authority. Vaccination rates may increase in May as more doses are expected to arrive from Europe.
About 1.1 million people in Japan, mostly health workers, have received at least one dose of the covid-19 vaccine so far. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is among about 90 politicians who were vaccinated ahead of a meeting with US President Joe Biden.
However, vaccines for the general population seem to be difficult to make available until late summer or even winter, too late to stem the spread of the epidemic, which now seems to affect people in their 30s and 50s, according to Haruka Sakamoto, a physician and researcher at Keio University in Tokyo.
“Existing vaccines cannot prevent the fourth wave of the pandemic,” he said. the younger generation will be more affected now in relation to the previous waves “.
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