COVID vaccine for elderly to be distributed based on population

The distribution of vaccine doses against the novel coronavirus for the elderly in Japan expected to start in April will be in proportion to the population in each prefecture rather than the number of infections, a state minister said Tuesday."Initially, we will distribute (vaccine doses) based on the population" and later in accordance with the progress of vaccinations, Taro Kono, the minister in charge of the inoculation rollout, said on a TV program.Asked about the possibility that major cities such as Tokyo and Osaka with higher numbers of daily new infections will be given priority in …READ FULL ARTICLE