Influenza vaccine Inoculation for non-elderly people begins October 27, 4:06
Influenza vaccine that is concerned about simultaneous epidemics with the new coronavirus.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has called for vaccinations with priority given to elderly people aged 65 and over who are likely to become seriously ill, but from the 26th, vaccinations began for other people as well.
Of these, many people visited the clinic in Minami-ku, Hiroshima City to receive vaccinations.
According to the clinic, the number of elderly people who have been vaccinated against influenza by mid-October is about five times higher than usual, but in order to avoid the so-called "three crowds", a ticketing machine dedicated to influenza has been installed in the hospital. By doing so, the waiting time has been reduced to about 10 minutes, which is about half of the average year.
A woman in her 40s who finished the vaccination said, "It's helpful because I don't get close to a lot of people in the waiting room and it ends early."
Takahiro Fujimoto, director of the Fujimoto Internal Medicine Family Clinic, said, "It is possible that a person who came to the hospital for influenza vaccination was actually infected with the new corona, so I would like to finish the vaccination as soon as possible." Was there.