400,000 doses from Pfizer's were received in Japan on Friday.

  • Vaccination will begin rolling out in the days ahead, expected to start on Wednesday
  • First in line will be around 20,000 doctors and nurses
  • the two shots will be administered three weeks apart
  • 3.7 million front-line health workers are to begin receiving the vaccine in March
  • followed by 36 million people aged 65 or older, likely from Apri