接種１０００万人突破　１日５０万回超える―新型コロナワクチン

　政府は２日、国内で新型コロナウイルスワクチンを少なくとも１回接種した人が、１０００万人を超えたと発表した。６月１日の接種回数は約５２万回で、菅義偉首相が目標に掲げる「１日１００万回」の半分に到達。政府は企業や大学などでの職域接種を２１日に始めるとしており、ワクチン普及を加速させる方針だ。
　首相官邸によると、１日までに少なくとも１回接種した人は計約１０３８万人で、内訳は医療従事者約４６５万人、高齢者約５７３万人。２回の接種を受けた人は医療従事者約３１３万人、高齢者約４７万人の計約３６１万人に達した。（2021/06/02-18:20）

More than 10 million people in Japan have received at least one novel coronavirus vaccine dose, the government said Wednesday.
   On Tuesday, some 150,000 shots were given to medical workers, the first priority group under the government's coronavirus vaccination program, and about 360,000 doses to elderly people, the second priority group. The government aims to have one million jabs given daily.
   The government is planning to begin COVID-19 vaccinations at workplaces and universities on June 21.
   According to the prime minister's office, a total of about 10.38 million people--4.65 million medical workers and 5.73 million elderly people--had received at last one coronavirus vaccine dose by Tuesday. Of them, 3.13 million medical workers and 470,000 elderly people had been given their second shots.
   In Japan, 4.8 million medical workers and 36 million elderly people are subject to the government's vaccination program. The latest data show that 65 pct of the former group and 1.3 pct of the latter group have been fully vaccinated.