Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akaba will give priority to vaccinations for pilots and flight attendants involved in international flight operations in order to strengthen border measures for the new coronavirus in response to a reporter's interview after meeting with Prime Minister Kan at the official residence. Showed the idea to consider that.
Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism Akabane met with Prime Minister Kan over lunch at the Prime Minister's Office on the 27th.
After the meeting, Minister Akabane, who was interviewed by the press, said, "I talked with Prime Minister Suga about whether vaccination of international airline pilots and flight attendants could be given priority as a border measure. ".
On top of that, Minister Akabane said, "Prime Minister Suga said,'It's very important in terms of border measures, so please consider it positively.' He expressed his intention to consider preferential inoculation for crew members.