Municipalities are accelerating their move toward vaccination against the new coronavirus.
The vaccine of the new coronavirus, the government started a vaccination to health care workers in prospect next month late at the earliest, then, shows the policy to ensure a system that can be inoculated more than 65-year-old elderly to prospect for late March I am.
In response to this policy, Hiroshima City has set up a dedicated team of eight staff members to inoculate the elderly, which is carried out by each municipality.
The target audience in the city is about 300,000.
The dedicated team will secure venues for individual vaccinations and mass vaccinations, coordinate with medical institutions, identify vaccination targets, and prepare for shipping coupons.
Toyoki Fujimoto, Chief of Health Prevention Section, Hiroshima City, said, "I am worried about when and how much vaccine will come in, but I would like to make efforts so that citizens who wish to receive the vaccine can inoculate it smoothly and with peace of mind." I was talking.
The voice of impatience from the local government
On the other hand, there are some impatient voices from the local governments that are preparing.
Of these, in Meguro-ku, Tokyo, since last month, we have set up a specialized department to prepare for vaccination with the new coronavirus.
Currently, we are considering the layout of the guide document created by the ward for vaccination coupons to be distributed to the inhabitants of the ward, and we are having a meeting with the contractor to build the reservation system.
By last week, we have secured three facilities owned by the ward, such as a gymnasium, and are coordinating with five medical institutions for vaccinations for the target ward residents.
On the other hand, because the schedule for supplying the vaccine is not clear, he does not know how long the vaccination site should be secured, and he feels uneasy.
Takehiro Yoshida, Chief of the New Corona Vaccination Division in Meguro Ward, said, "Since there are users in gymnasiums, we cannot tell that there is no definite information on how long the usage will be restricted. I want you to design the system. "
Under these circumstances, on the 25th, an online briefing session on vaccination for local governments was held privately.
The explanation was given for about 2 hours, and according to the person in charge of Meguro Ward, there was an explanation of the work required in the future and the system for smooth vaccination, but the overall picture of the schedule is not clear. It means that it wasn't.
Mr. Yoshida said, "I haven't been able to see when the project should be completed and how long the vaccine will come in, so I would like to discuss these points with the government when designing the project. It's not a situation where there are enough, so anyway, we will continue to move forward with things that can be done in a hurry. "