Hyogo Prefecture Disaster Volunteer Preliminary PCR Inspection Costs to Subsidize September 26, 19:22

Hyogo Prefecture is making adjustments to subsidize part of the cost of having disaster volunteers heading to disaster-stricken areas nationwide undergo PCR tests in advance.

According to the prefecture, this is the first such initiative in Japan.

It has been pointed out that labor shortages are hindering recovery, as some local governments limit the acceptance of volunteers in the affected areas in order to prevent the infection of the new coronavirus, while floods caused by heavy rains continue throughout the country.



For this reason, Hyogo Prefecture is making adjustments to subsidize part of the cost when volunteers heading to the disaster area outside the prefecture undergo PCR tests in advance in order to create an environment where people in the disaster area can accept volunteers with peace of mind. I am.



Specifically, we are considering subsidizing a group of 5 or more people based in Hyogo prefecture up to about half of the inspection cost, and using the tax revenue of the hometown tax as the financial resources.



According to Hyogo Prefecture, this is the first such initiative in Japan.



Morio Takahashi, director of "Hyogo Voluntary Plaza," which has visited the areas affected by the heavy rains in Kumamoto Prefecture and investigated the effects of the new coronavirus, said, "In order for both the victims and volunteers to carry out support activities with peace of mind, perform PCR tests. It is best to do this. We would like to ask the disaster area to accept disaster volunteers so that we can create a safe environment. "