Regarding the new coronavirus vaccine, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has put together a proposal to set the "underlying diseases" targeted for priority vaccination to chronic heart disease and cancer.
The policy is to include obese people, and the target is expected to reach 8.2 million.
The vaccine of the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
▽ medical personnel to the prospect of the end of February next year,
to ensure the system to begin the vaccination of the elderly in the prospect of the end of March ▽,
then,
such as people with ▽ underlying disease It is a policy to give priority to inoculation.
Under these circumstances, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has put together a proposal for specific underlying diseases to be targeted for priority vaccination.
In
addition to chronic heart disease and kidney disease, the
target is
▽ respiratory diseases,
▽
diseases
such as cancer that reduce immune function,
▽ sleep apnea syndrome, etc. It is a condition that you are.
It does not require the submission of a certificate showing that there is an underlying disease, but confirms it with a pre-examination slip.
People with a "BMI" of 30 or more, which indicates the degree of obesity, are also eligible for priority vaccination, and it is estimated that the total number of adults alone is about 8.2 million, including those with underlying diseases.
In addition, "elderly people" who can receive vaccinations preferentially after medical staff are those who will reach the age of 65 or older within the third year of Reiwa.
People between the ages of 60 and 64 should also consider getting vaccinated at the same time as those with underlying illness, depending on the amount of vaccine supplied.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will present this proposal at an expert meeting to be held on the 25th.