３回目接種「６カ月後」拡大を検討　オミクロン国内確認で―政府

　政府は１日、新型コロナウイルスワクチンの２回目と３回目の接種間隔について、例外的に６カ月に短縮する対象を拡大する方向で検討に入った。松野博一官房長官が同日午後の記者会見で「必要があれば（原則の）８カ月を待たずに接種を行う範囲について、さらに検討する」と述べた。
　接種間隔短縮の対象拡大は、新たな変異株「オミクロン株」の国内２例目の感染が確認されたことを踏まえたもの。今後の感染の広がりや自治体の準備状況、ワクチンの供給量を考慮し、拡大の可否と対象について最終判断する。（2021/12/01-23:28）

The Japanese government is considering more exceptions to allow people to receive third COVID-19 vaccine shots six months after second shots, following the second case of the omicron variant was confirmed in the country, officials said Wednesday.
   The government will consider more exceptions to the principle that people wait eight months to get booster shots, Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno told a press conference.
   Earlier in the day, Matsuno had said that based on available information, the government could not consider any more exceptions to the principle.
   On Friday, the government said that booster shots are administered eight months after second shots in principle and that a six-month interval is allowed only when a COVID-19 cluster hits hospitals or elderly nursing homes.