政府、全国のワクチン接種状況初公表　医療従事者２５％、高齢者９県でゼロ

　政府は１９日、新型コロナウイルスワクチンに関する首相官邸の特設ホームページなどで、都道府県別の「医療従事者等」と「高齢者」の接種状況を初めて公表した。それによると、１回目の接種を終えた医療従事者等は約１２０万人で進捗（しんちょく）率は全体の２５％程度にとどまっている。
　約４８０万人とされる医療従事者等の接種は１６日時点で、１回目の接種を終えた人が１１９万８３４６人。２回の接種を完了した人は７１万８３９６人で全体の約１５％だった。最も多い東京都で１回目を終えた人は１１万７６８３人、２回接種を完了した人は６万３１６８人。これに大阪府（１回目８万３１９３人、２回目４万８７９２人）が続いた。
　一方、１２日に始まった高齢者接種は、１８日時点で全都道府県が１回目の接種を行っている段階。愛知県が１１９０人と最も多く、栃木、埼玉、静岡、滋賀、兵庫、島根、佐賀、熊本、大分の９県で接種がゼロだった。
　政府はワクチン接種への国民の関心が高いことを踏まえ、今後も原則、月曜日に発表する。内閣官房の担当者は「接種が遅れている都道府県は頑張る原動力になるのではないか。ただ、競争をあおるつもりは全くない」と話している。（2021/04/19-21:32）

The Japanese government said Monday that 1,198,346 medical workers, or about 25 pct of all of some 4.8 million such people in the country, had received the first doses of a novel coronavirus vaccine as of Friday.
   The number of medical workers who had been given the second shots as of the same day stood at 718,396, or about 15 pct.
   In Tokyo, 117,683 medical workers received the first shots, and 63,168 of them were given the second shots. The figures were the largest among the country's 47 prefectures. Coming second was Osaka Prefecture, western Japan, where the first jabs were given to 83,193 medical workers and the second shots to 48,792 of them.
   Japan started novel coronavirus vaccinations for medical workers in February and for elderly people on April 12.
   The number of elderly people who had received the first doses as of Sunday was the largest in Aichi Prefecture, central Japan, at 1,190, according to the government. Meanwhile, no elderly people had been vaccinated yet in nine prefectures--Tochigi and Saitama in eastern Japan, Shizuoka in central Japan, Shiga, Hyogo and Shimane in western Japan, and Saga, Kumamoto and Oita in southwestern Japan.