６月までに１億回分　コロナワクチン供給見通し

　新型コロナウイルスワクチンについて、６月までに最大で１億回分を超える分量を確保できる見通しとなった。河野太郎規制改革担当相が１２日の記者会見で今後の供給計画を公表した。高齢者全員分を予定の６月末までに自治体に供給できる計算だ。
　政府が当面想定するワクチン接種の対象者は、医療従事者（先行接種）約４万人▽医療従事者約４８０万人▽高齢者約３６００万人。それぞれ２回打つことになっており、必要量は約８２００万回分となる。（2021/03/12-20:56）

Japan will likely be able to secure up to more than 100 million novel coronavirus vaccine doses by the end of June, regulatory reform minister Taro Kono, who is also in charge of the nation's program for inoculation against the virus, told a press conference Friday.
   This means that doses enough to vaccinate all elderly people will be delivered to local governments by the end of June as scheduled.
   Under the government's inoculation program, about 40,000 medical workers are first in line to get vaccinated, to be followed by 4.8 million other medical workers and 36 million elderly people. With each of them set to be given two shots, a total of about 82 million vaccine doses will be needed.
   If syringes capable of taking six shots from each vial are used, 4.66 million doses will be delivered by the end of this month and 12.25 million doses in April, Kono said. In May, 10.74 million doses will likely be sent in each of the four weeks, and the supply amount in June is expected to surpass that in May.
   Even if the amount in June proves the same as that in May, the total supply by the end of June will exceed 100 million doses, according to the minister.