Target |
Method |
Vaccine |
Starting |
1. Nursing hospitals and facilities |
- Residents over 65 and workers |
Independent/on-site |
AstraZeneca |
March (Week 4) |
2. Live-in patients and workers of facilities vulnerable to COVID-19 |
- Facilities for the elderly (i.e. residential, day/night care, short-term) |
Vaccination center |
Pfizer |
April (Week 1) |
- Facilities for the disabled (i.e. residential, day care) |
On-site (consigned) |
AstraZeneca |
April (Week 2) |
- Elderly group house |
On-site (consigned) |
AstraZeneca |
April (Week 3) |
- Residential facilities for patients of tuberculosis and Hansen's disease |
On-site (public health center) |
AstraZeneca |
April (Week 3) |
- Homeless facilities and shelters |
On-site (public health center) |
AstraZeneca |
April (Week 4) |
- Workers of correctional faculties, etc. |
Independent/public health center |
AstraZeneca |
April (Week 2) |
- Care workers for the disabled |
Consigned medical institution |
AstraZeneca |
June |
- Visiting care workers for the elderly |
Consigned medical institution |
AstraZeneca |
June |
3. Senior citizens over 65 |
- Senior citizens over 75 (born before Jan. 31, 1946) |
Vaccination center |
Pfizer |
April (Week 1) |
- Senior citizens between 65-74 |
Consigned medical institution |
AstraZeneca |
May–June |
4. Schools and space for care |
- Workers of special education, nurses at kindergartens and elementary/middle schools |
Public health center |
AstraZeneca |
April (Week 1) |
- Teachers and nursing staff at daycare centers for children with disabilities |
Public health center |
AstraZeneca |
April (Week 1) |
- Teachers of kindergarten and daycare centers, teachers of elementary schools (grades 1-2), etc. |
Consigned medical institution |
AstraZeneca |
June |
5. Patients with chronic diseases (below 64 years old) |
Patients with chronic kidney disease (i.e. dialysis patients) |
Consigned medical institution |
AstraZeneca |
June |
Patients with chronic serious respiratory diseases |
Consigned medical institution |
AstraZeneca |
June |
6. Health care workers and essential social workers, etc. |
Workers of medical institutions and pharmacies (i.e. health care workers) |
Consigned medical institution |
AstraZeneca |
June |
Essential social workers (i.e. police officers, maritime police, firefighters, soldiers, etc.) |
Consigned medical institution |
AstraZeneca |
June |
Flight crew |
Public health center, etc. |
AstraZeneca |
May |