February 4th is "Rubella Day".
J-League active players and OBs are calling for vaccinations by posting videos on Twitter in order to prevent the outbreak of rubella by actively conducting antibody tests and vaccinations for rubella even in corona. ..
When a pregnant woman is infected with rubella, it can lead to "congenital rubella syndrome," which causes damage to the ears, eyes, and heart of the baby.
From 2018 to 2019, it was prevalent mainly in adult males, and in January, one baby was reported to have "congenital rubella syndrome".
The J-League Social Cooperation Headquarters is conducting a campaign on February 4th, "Rubella Day," and this month, active players and alumni will post a video of preventive enlightenment on Twitter on a weekly basis.
The video posted on the 4th was Kengo Nakamura, who led soccer J1 Kawasaki Frontale for many years and retired from active duty in January. In the video posted on Twitter, "Battle against the new coronavirus infection" However, there is another infectious disease called rubella. There is something we can do. Let's get an antibody test and vaccination to prevent the infection. "
Use of coupons for tests and vaccinations
In order to prevent the outbreak of rubella, a coupon for free antibody tests and vaccinations for men aged 41 to 58 who did not have the opportunity to get a rubella vaccine as a child is available in 2019. It is distributed from.
According to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, only 17.1% of the coupon recipients had antibody tests by October last year.
By prefecture, the highest percentage of antibody tests was performed in
▽ Toyama prefecture (29.9%)
▽ Nagano prefecture and Iwate prefecture (27.3%).
On the other hand, the lowest was
▽ Kyoto prefecture 8.5%
▽ Okinawa prefecture 11.8%
▽ Osaka prefecture 12.6%
▽ Kanagawa prefecture 13.2%.
Kaoruko Taya, director of the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, said, "Rubella is an infectious disease that can be prevented with a vaccine, so I would like the target men to use coupons for antibody tests and vaccines. If you do, you can get it issued. "