Japan plans to vaccinate ordinary people against the novel coronavirus from May this year.

According to Japanese media reports, relevant people of the Japanese government revealed on the 19th that Japan’s current vaccination plan for the coronavirus vaccine is:

from late February, about 10,000 medical personnel with consent will be vaccinated to confirm safety; in mid-March, the group of doctors and nurses responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of COVID-19 will be vaccinated;

for serious People over 65 years old and with basic diseases with high risk of symptoms strive to end vaccination by the end of April.

With regard to the vaccination plan for the general public, the current Japanese government envisages to start around May, targeting people over 16 years old, and ushering in a peak vaccination in July.