Regarding the new coronavirus vaccine, Kono's regulatory reform minister announced that the second flight will arrive on the 21st, and announced that from next month, up to 1.17 million doses will be distributed to prefectures for medical professionals. Did.
This is a summary of the latest developments in vaccines.
At a press conference, Minister Kono, who is in charge of vaccination, revealed that the vaccine developed by American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and others will arrive on the 21st as the second flight from the EU = European Union.
In addition, based on reports from each prefecture, Minister Kono plans to allocate to prefectures in two weeks from the 1st of next month, aiming to inoculate about 4.7 million medical workers, which is 1 million more than initially expected. We announced the quantity.
The distribution is shown here.
A total of 1000 boxes are expected to be shipped nationwide, 500 boxes in the week of the 1st of next month, and 500 boxes in the week of the 8th of next month.
One box contains 195 containers called "vials" that can collect up to 6 vaccines, which is a maximum of 1.17 million inoculations.
It is distributed to each prefecture according to the number of medical staff, etc., and the largest number of shipments is
▽ in Tokyo, 98 boxes in total, and if one container can take 6 times, it will be 114,660 times.
Next,
▽ Osaka prefecture total 72 boxes, 84,240 times
▽ Kanagawa prefecture total 56 boxes, 65,520 times
▽ Fukuoka prefecture total 52 boxes, 60,840 times
▽ Aichi prefecture and Hokkaido total 50 boxes, 58,500 times
▽ Saitama prefecture and Hyogo prefecture total 42 boxes, 49,140 times
▽ Chiba prefecture 40 boxes, 46,800 times, etc.
The smallest number is
▽ Fukui prefecture, Yamanashi prefecture, Tottori prefecture, Shimane prefecture, each with 6 boxes for 7020 times.
Minister Kono said, "I would like to distribute the planned quantity, although it is premised that the vaccine will come in smoothly. It may be a little bicycle operation, but I want to start it firmly."
In addition, Minister Kono met with Chairman Iizumi of the National Governors' Association online and said, "As of 5 pm yesterday, 611 people were vaccinated at 16 facilities. Side reactions so far. And no other issues have been reported. "
After that, from next month onward, regarding the vaccines to be distributed to prefectures, "I decided 1000 boxes at my own risk on the assumption that the second flight from Europe will arrive soon and will come from the EU after that. With 1000 boxes I would like to deliver another 1000 boxes to those who received the first vaccination within 3 weeks for the second vaccination. "
In addition, Minister Kono said, "At some point in April, I would like to start vaccination for the elderly while carefully checking the setup."
Advance vaccinations in various places today <Osaka>
Advance vaccination for medical professionals began on the 19th at a hospital in Osaka Prefecture.
The vaccine arrived at the "National Hospital Organization Osaka Medical Center" in Chuo-ku, Osaka on the 18th, and was stored at around minus 75 degrees Celsius.
On the 19th, the vaccine was thawed and diluted into a ready-to-use vaccine, and the nurses filled the syringe with the prescribed amount.
After 1:00 pm, when the medical staff who received the vaccination gathered, the doctor in charge confirmed the health condition and vaccinated.
After that, the person who received the vaccination moved to the next waiting space and checked the health condition for about 15 minutes to see if there were any side reactions such as sudden changes in physical condition.
Approximately 1280 people, including healthcare professionals and outsourced staff, want to be vaccinated at this hospital.
Since the vaccine uses a special syringe that can be vaccinated 6 times from one container, the hospital will prepare the number of people per day to be a multiple of 6, and 222 people will be vaccinated on the 19th.
The vaccinated nurse woman said, "I hit it to the left, which is not my dominant hand, thinking about something happening, but it didn't hurt at all and I didn't have any symptoms like side reactions. I'm glad I wanted to hit it early. I would like to continue to take measures against infections and come to the scene as before. "
Advance inoculation Today also in various places <Tochigi>
Vaccination has begun in Tochigi Prefecture, and at the National Hospital Organization Utsunomiya Hospital in Utsunomiya City, six people, including doctors and nurses, were vaccinated to confirm the procedure.
Doctors submitted a pre-examination slip and were vaccinated one by one, then waited for about 15 minutes in the same room to see if there were any side reactions.
The vaccinated nurse said, "It didn't hurt as much as the flu vaccine. I can work with more peace of mind than ever before."
At Utsunomiya Hospital, nearly 90% of the staff, or 397 people, want to be vaccinated, and the hospital will carry out vaccination from this month to next month.
National Hospital Organization Utsunomiya Hospital, Director Takaaki Tanaka
"I want everyone to take action as soon as possible to stop the spread of the new coronavirus."
Preparations for inoculation of residents proceed
1. "Drive-in inoculation" training <Gifu>
Efforts to vaccinate residents are also underway in local governments.
Kasamatsu Town and Ginan Town in Gifu Prefecture have decided to carry out "drive-in inoculation" that can be received while in the car, and the people concerned conducted training using the multi-storey car park of the hospital and confirmed a series of procedures.
At the suggestion of the local Hashima-gun Medical Association, Kasamatsu-cho and Ginan-cho have decided to carry out "drive-in vaccination" as one of the group vaccinations, which can be received while in the car to prevent infection at the venue.
On the 19th, training was held at the multi-storey car park of a general hospital in Kasamatsu Town, and about 30 people including doctors and nurses participated.
In the training, doctors and nurses patrol the 10 stopped cars one by one to accept and interview, then inoculate the people in the car with a vaccine and check the procedure up to 15 minutes of follow-up. I did.
The two towns are aiming to introduce "drive-in vaccination" from the vaccination for elderly people aged 65 and over, which is scheduled to start in April.
Hidetoshi Matsunami, chairman of the Hashima-gun Medical Association, said, "If the car can be used as an isolation space and the work is divided, vaccination can be done relatively quickly. I would like to improve the problems that came up in the training and proceed with vaccination." ..
2. Encourage vaccination by distributing "local gift certificate" <Saitama>
Miyashiro Town, Saitama Prefecture, has decided to distribute local gift certificates that can be used at about 120 stores in the town to the inoculated townspeople aged 16 and over in order to have many people vaccinated with the new coronavirus.
The gift certificate is 1000 yen for each vaccination, and if you inoculate twice, you can receive 2000 yen per person.
The town has added about 60 million yen to the supplementary budget because it wants to control the spread of infection by vaccination and to revitalize the local economy that was hit by the new corona.
Mayor Yasuhiki Arai
"I want to reduce the risk of onset and aggravation by having as many people as possible inoculate the vaccine, and want to end the era of the new corona as soon as possible."
Mr. Tateishi (running a vegetable shop and cafe in the town)
"I think it's great to revitalize the area. I want you to return to normal life as soon as possible."
3. Support for inoculation of foreigners <Kanagawa>
Some local governments in Kanagawa Prefecture are preparing for vaccination of foreigners.
Of these, Ayase City has the highest percentage of foreigners in the population at about 5% of the city in the prefecture, and the coupons required for vaccination and the enclosed explanations are written in plain language in "easy Japanese". But I will describe it.
In addition, a tablet terminal will be installed at the venue for mass inoculation so that doctors can be interviewed online via an interpreter.
Michiyo Imai, Chief of Health Promotion Division, Ayase City
"Since it is an interpreter service that can handle medical terms, I want foreigners who are worried about vaccination to be vaccinated with peace of mind."
In addition, since about 7,300 foreigners from more than 80 countries and regions live in Yamato City, we decided to assign volunteer interpreters to one of the inoculation venues so that they can speak 20 languages. It was.
The city plans to start this kind of response after June after the priority vaccination for the elderly is over, and it is necessary to make a reservation in advance to use the interpreter.
Mayor of Yamato City, Satoru Oki
"I want to make preparations so that foreigners can get vaccinated with peace of mind by eliminating the language barrier."
What is your future schedule?
Vaccination schedule.
The government plans to provide free vaccines to people over the age of 16 and prioritizes them.
Pre-vaccinations for healthcare professionals, which began on the 17th, will be given to a total of about 40,000 people at 100 hospitals nationwide, and are expected to begin at all hospitals next week.
In addition, it is expected that the remaining 4.7 million healthcare workers who are not subject to prior vaccination will be vaccinated as early as this month.
In addition, from April, we will start vaccination for about 36 million elderly people aged 65 and over.
This "elderly person aged 65 and over" includes not only those aged 65 and over at the moment, but also those who will be 65 years old during the next fiscal year (3rd year of Reiwa) (before April 1, 1957). The person who was born).
After that, the policy is to give priority to about 8.2 million people with underlying diseases and about 2 million staff members of facilities for the elderly, but the specific time has not yet been indicated.