Of the vaccinations for the new coronavirus, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, which is in charge of medical professionals, is preparing to select a medical institution to install an ultra-low temperature freezer, but some medical institutions said that the new coronavirus Since we are examining a patient with a virus, it is difficult to deal with it because we cannot afford to work. "
Prefectural governments are supposed to cooperate with medical associations to secure a system for vaccination of medical staff except for "advance vaccination" scheduled to start this month, and Tokyo will start in March. I am preparing.
Of these, 119 units of "ultra-low temperature freezer" that can be frozen at around minus 75 degrees Celsius to store vaccines are currently allocated by the national government.
The national plan is to place this freezer in a base facility called a "basic inoculation facility".
In addition, the base facility is expected to be a medical institution that can inoculate more than 1000 people, and it also plays the role of transferring the vaccine to other facilities in small portions.
However, according to the city, some medical institutions are saying, "Because we are examining patients with the new corona, it is difficult for the staff to work as a base facility."
In the middle of this month, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government will receive subdivided vaccines and select the facilities to be vaccinated, and will coordinate the medical staff who wish to be vaccinated in cooperation with the medical association. I have decided to hurry to prepare.