コロナワクチン、第１便到着　ファイザー製、１７日にも接種―成田空港

　米製薬大手ファイザーが開発した新型コロナウイルスワクチンの第１便が１２日午前、製造拠点があるベルギーのブリュッセルから、全日本空輸便で成田空港に到着した。ファイザー製のワクチンは零下７０度で保管する必要があるため、保管用の超低温冷凍庫を備えた倉庫に持ち込まれ、接種日程が決まり次第、冷凍状態で配送される。
　厚生労働省の専門部会は１２日夜、ワクチン承認の可否を審議する。承認を了承する見通しで、厚労省は緊急時に審査を簡略化できる「特例承認」に基づき、速やかに正式承認する。全国の国立病院などの医療従事者への先行接種は１７日から始まる予定。（2021/02/12-11:39）

The first shipment of major U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc.'s novel coronavirus vaccine arrived at Narita International Airport, near Tokyo, on Friday.
   The cargo was carried on an All Nippon Airways flight from Brussels, a production site of the vaccine.
   The vaccine, which needs to be stored at about minus 70 degrees Celsius, will be kept in a storage equipped with ultralow temperature freezers and be delivered in a frozen state as soon as the vaccination schedule is decided.
   On Friday night, an expert panel of the health ministry is expected to support plans to approve the vaccine. Later, the ministry is expected to give its formal nod to the vaccine under a fast-track system to simplify screening procedures.
   Medical workers, mainly those at national hospitals across Japan, will become the first group of people to get a vaccine shot in the country on Wednesday.