When vaccination with the new coronavirus vaccine begins, the Cabinet Secretariat and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare have decided that the elderly will follow the medical staff who deal with patients and the elderly and those with underlying illness. The proposal that the staff of the social welfare facilities to be vaccinated would inoculate was presented to the government subcommittee held on the 23rd and approved.
This proposal will be formally finalized in a subcommittee next month after hearing the opinions of the general public.
According to the proposal submitted to the subcommittee, the medical staff who deal with patients with the new coronavirus and the elderly and those with underlying diseases are given priority to inoculate, and some of the medical staff are
▽ patients. It
is said that it also includes
emergency personnel involved in transportation
and health center staff who come into contact with patients.
Then, following the elderly and those with underlying illness, the staff who come in contact with the users at the social welfare facilities where the elderly enter will inoculate.
However, the
Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will continue to consider
▽ specific priority for people with underlying diseases and
▽ priority for vaccination of pregnant women
.
Furthermore, regarding vaccinations for people other than these subjects, the local government will distribute tickets and reserve medical institutions to receive vaccinations because it will be done based on the situation of vaccinations for people who are in the early turn. is.
The Cabinet Secretariat and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will hear public comments on this proposal from the general public starting this week, and will be officially summarized in a subcommittee next month.