３月中旬から接種券発送　コロナワクチン、高齢者に―厚労省

　新型コロナウイルスのワクチン接種をめぐり、厚生労働省は２５日、６５歳以上の高齢者への接種券（クーポン券）を３月中旬以降に発送し、計２回の接種を開始から３カ月以内に終えるスケジュールを明らかにした。同日の自治体向け説明会で示した。
　厚労省によると、対象の高齢者は約３６００万人で、先行接種対象の医療従事者（約１万～２万人）、その他の医療従事者（約３７０万人）に次ぐ優先順位となっている。接種の実施主体となる市区町村は、高齢者向けクーポン券の印刷や発送の準備を進め、３月下旬以降の接種開始を目指す。（2021/01/25-20:51）

Tickets for COVID-19 vaccinations will be sent to people aged 65 or older in Japan from mid-March, according to the health ministry's vaccination schedule.
   The ministry presented the schedule at a briefing session for local governments on Monday.
   According to the ministry, the vaccination tickets will be sent to about 36 million elderly people, who are third priority for vaccinations, after the first group of 10,000 to 20,000 medical workers and the second of 3.7 million other medical workers.
   Municipal governments, which will manage vaccination programs, are preparing to send the tickets, with a view to starting vaccinations as soon as late March.
   In Japan, work to approve U.S. drugmaker Pfizer Inc.'s vaccine is under way. The Pfizer vaccine should be administered twice with an interval of three weeks.