Japanese vaccine Why is it so slow? Prime Minister Suga has traditionally answered

House of Representatives to discuss the new fiscal year budget proposal Budget Committee 8 days morning, the Liberal Democratic Party stood to continued questions on New Komeito Keigo Masuya Mr. of, new corona virus of the vaccine for the vaccination, specific timing and compared to Japan Western I asked why I was late. "When will the vaccine come to Japan? There are many voices that the starting point is not clear. Please tell me what you can say at this point," he asked. " Japan has become a developing country with the corona vaccine ." He also pointed out.

　Yoshihide Suga Prime Minister is vaccine inoculation start for the "future effectiveness, after confirming the final safety, plans to start a vaccination in mid-February," and repeated the traditional answer, did not mention a specific date and time It was.

He also explained the policy of starting with medical staff and inoculating elderly people from April. Vaccine inoculation Western countries than about what Japan is why slow, Prime Minister while the "is often said in various places", ① infected people number more than one order of magnitude less than the Western as a reason, the onset number of people in the trials of the trial not gather It takes a considerable amount of time for the results to be obtained. (2) Racial differences are assumed, and it is necessary to conduct a certain clinical trial targeting Japanese people, rather than making a judgment based only on clinical trial data in Europe and the United States.

　The prime minister said, " Vaccines are the decisive factor in controlling infections . We would like to implement a thorough vaccination system in cooperation with municipalities so that the people can inoculate with peace of mind."

On the other hand, the new coronavirus of the vaccine for that, such as supply amount and timing of is not clear, comprehensive adjustment of the play of vaccination Taro Kono administrative reform phase is thought so sorry can not firm talk "people of everybody, in municipality I apologize.

　Regarding the mutant virus, he explained that "mutation does not mean that the effectiveness of the vaccine is lost." "Although the effectiveness of the vaccine against mutated viruses has been confirmed, some studies have shown that it remains effective against certain mutations," he said.

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