１０００万回分追加購入　３回目用ファイザーワクチン―厚労省

　厚生労働省は１４日、米ファイザー製の新型コロナウイルスワクチンについて、１０００万回分を追加購入することで同社と合意したと発表した。政府は、３回目のワクチン接種加速につなげたい考え。
　厚労省によると、今年中に輸入する同社製のワクチンは、小児用と合わせて計１億３０００万回分となる。
　同社とは、ワクチン６００万回分を前倒し輸入することも合意した。追加分と前倒し分はいずれも１２歳以上用で、３月までに輸入される。（2022/02/14-18:17）

Japan's health ministry said Monday that it has agreed with U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc. to buy an extra 10 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine.
   With the additional doses, set to arrive in Japan by March, the Japanese government hopes to accelerate efforts to administer third COVID-19 vaccine shots to people.
   According to the ministry, Japan will now import a total of 130 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine this year, including those for children.
   The ministry also agreed with Pfizer to receive 6 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine earlier than initially scheduled to inoculate people aged 12 or over. The doses will be imported also by March.
   Japan allows mix-and-match vaccinations. People inoculated with the Pfizer vaccine for their first and second shots, however, tend to shy away from receiving the vaccine made by U.S. biotechnology startup Moderna Inc. for their third shots.