| 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 |
