"Stop Rubella" Prevention by tweet from J-League players January 28 20:33
To prevent the outbreak of rubella, J-League club players and officials from all over Japan have started a campaign calling for vaccines by posting images and videos with the message "Stop Rubella" on Twitter.
Rubella is an infection that causes symptoms such as fever and rash. If a pregnant woman is infected, the baby's ears, eyes, and heart may be affected, and it has been reported that five babies have been affected in the outbreak since the summer of adults. I am.
The epidemic is centered on adult men who have had no or only one vaccination in their childhood. The J-League is trying to call for a broader range of vaccine prevention, including this generation, on February 4. Campaign started before "Rubber Day".
56 J-League clubs from all over the country participate in the campaign, and players and officials post images and videos with boards and the like marked "Stop Rubella" on Twitter and post them on the official website You.
Among these, Aomori's Van Lare Hachinohe, Yosuke Uegata, Satoru Maruoka, and Riki Hanada appeared in the video, "Protect the baby born," "Is vaccination finished," "Ourself Let's do what we can do. "
J-League Chairman Mitsuru Murai has a J-League official account with a board that reads, "Because it is the year of 2020 Olipara! Let's prepare for rubella."
Clubs such as Cerezo Osaka, Ventforet Kofu, Oita Trinita, and Roasso Kumamoto also posted messages with images and videos on the 28th.
In order to prevent the outbreak of rubella, the government has provided a free system for antibody tests and vaccinations for men aged 40 to 57 for three years from this year. To assist women and their partners who want to work.
"The rubella is highly infectious, but there is a way to prevent it from being a vaccine," said J-League Specialist Director Shoji Fujimura, who planned the campaign, to prevent the spread of infection because many people come from overseas at the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics. I want them to receive vaccines and antibody tests in the wake of the campaign. "