ワクチン３回目分を確保　河野担当相

　河野太郎規制改革担当相は１６日、日本テレビのＣＳ番組で、新型コロナウイルスのワクチンで「ブースター」と呼ばれる３回目の接種について、「米ファイザー製、米モデルナ製を今年２回打った方が（３回目を）打つのに十分な数は確保している」と明らかにした。番組は事前収録されていた。
　政府は既に来年分として、モデルナから５０００万回分の供給を受ける契約を結んでいる。河野氏はファイザーに関しても「ブースター分の供給の合意はできている。近々どこかの段階で内容を示す」と語った。
　ブースター接種の対象については、医療従事者や免疫の落ちた高齢者などを中心に検討する考えも示した。（2021/08/16-18:49）

Japan has enough novel coronavirus vaccine doses to carry out a booster vaccination program, regulatory reform minister Taro Kono said on a television program aired on Monday.
   There are enough doses for the administration of booster shots for people who have received or are set to get their second shots of the COVID-19 vaccine of Pfizer Inc. or Moderna Inc., both U.S. pharmaceutical companies, by year-end, Kono, who is also in charge of coronavirus vaccine rollout, told a satellite TV program by Nippon Television Network Corp. The program was pre-recorded.
   The Japanese government has already signed a contract with Moderna for the supply of 50 million coronavirus vaccine doses in 2022.
   The government and Pfizer have also "agreed on the supply of additional doses for the booster vaccination program," Kono said, adding that he will release the details of the contract at an early date.
   Kono also said that the government will consider offering booster vaccine shots mainly to medical personnel and elderly people with weakened immune systems.