菅首相、ワクチン６０００万回分供給　国際支援を上積み

　菅義偉首相は２２日（米東部時間）、米国主催の新型コロナウイルス・サミットにビデオメッセージを寄せた。途上国向けワクチンの国際的調達枠組み「ＣＯＶＡＸ」（コバックス）を支えるため、日本がこれまでワクチン約２３００万回分を各国・地域に供与してきたと説明。その上で「これをさらに追加し、合計６０００万回分をめどとして供給する」と表明した。
　首相は「一人でも多くの命を守る」として酸素濃縮器や人工呼吸器の各国への供与なども実施してきたと指摘。「危機を乗り越えるため、こうした貢献を継続する」と訴えた。（2021/09/23-04:12）

Japan will make additional COVID-19 vaccine contributions to support the COVAX international vaccine-sharing program so that the total number of doses supplied by the country will reach up to 60 million.
   Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga unveiled the plan in a video message sent to the Global COVID-19 Summit, which was organized by the U.S. government, on Wednesday.
   In the message, Suga explained that Japan has already provided approximately 23 million doses of COVID vaccine to various countries and regions across the world.
   "In order to save as many lives as possible, we have been providing assistance to countries to strengthen their response capabilities to the pandemic by providing oxygen concentrators and ventilators," the prime minister said. "Japan will continue such assistance in order to overcome this public health crisis."