A new type of coronavirus vaccine that is currently being given priority to medical professionals.
The next stage, "priority vaccination for the elderly," will begin on the 12th of this month, a week later.
Priority vaccinations apply to those who will be 65 or older during the year, including those who will have their 65th birthday on April 1st next year.
The number of people is about 36 million, which is close to 30% of the Japanese population.
Prior to this, various preparations were made on the 5th, such as accepting reservations at the call center.
Reservation accepted on a "first-come-first-served basis" <Hachioji, Tokyo>
In Hachioji City, where vaccination of elderly people begins earliest in Tokyo, reservations were accepted on a first-come, first-served basis at call centers and other locations on the 5th.
Hachioji City is a municipality in Tokyo with the largest population of elderly people, and inoculation will begin on the 12th of this month, one week later with Setagaya Ward.
The 1900 vaccines scheduled to arrive in the city this weekend were used for mass vaccinations at city halls and commercial facilities, and on the 5th, reservations for this first dose were accepted on a first-come, first-served basis at the call center and internet site.
Of these, at the call center, the phones started ringing all at once at the start time of 9 am, and all reservations were filled in about an hour and a half.
Since there are few vaccines that are initially distributed for inoculation of the elderly, the order of inoculation differs depending on the municipality.
In the 23 wards of Tokyo, many people start inoculation from residents of facilities for the elderly, including Setagaya ward, but Hachioji City gives priority to citizens because some of the facilities are not citizens. And so on.
Hirohide Takei, chief of the vaccination department, said, "Only about 1% of the subjects will be vaccinated in April, and many citizens may be dissatisfied because they cannot make reservations. Since it is possible to inoculate, I would like you to thoroughly implement basic infection countermeasures and wait again. "
"From residents of facilities for the elderly" <Setagaya, Tokyo>
Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, which is the earliest in Tokyo to vaccinate the elderly like Hachioji City, will start vaccination of residents at seven special elderly nursing homes in the ward from the 12th of this month.
Setagaya Ward will start inoculation at seven special nursing homes for the elderly in the ward from 12th of this month, targeting residents of facilities for the elderly who have a relatively high risk of becoming severely ill or having clusters.
The inoculation will be handled by a visiting team made up of contract doctors and private doctors at the facility, and we plan to assign multiple doctors to each facility so that side reactions such as anaphylaxis can be dealt with immediately.
In Setagaya Ward, the vaccine for about 500 people scheduled to be distributed in the week of the 26th of this month will also be inoculated to the residents of the special elderly nursing home.
On the other hand, the number of elderly people aged 65 and over in the ward has risen to about 185,000, and in the ward, it is expected that the supply of vaccines will increase after the middle of next month, when the ward can start full-scale inoculation to the elderly. It is assumed that it will be.
Vaccine arrival for up to 2 million times <Narita Airport>
Meanwhile, up to nearly 2 million doses of the most vaccines ever arrived at Narita Airport by air.
Vaccines from American pharmaceutical giant Pfizer were shipped by air from Belgium, where the production plant is located, to Narita Airport at 10:30 am on the 5th.
According to Pfizer, this is the 11th time the vaccine has been shipped to Japan since February 12, and the number of arrivals on the 5th is the highest ever, calculated from one container for six doses 198. It means that it is equivalent to 19,000 times.
In addition, ANA has increased the amount of vaccines transported this time and the amount of dry ice that keeps the vaccines in a low temperature state, so it is said that they were transported using larger aircraft than before.
Inoculation site searchable <Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare dedicated site>
You can now search for medical institutions that can receive vaccinations on the dedicated site of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
Last week, a dedicated site "Corona Vaccine Navi" was opened to introduce the characteristics of vaccines and reservation methods for those who wish to receive vaccinations, and from the 5th, a function to search for vaccination sites has been added.
If you search by the municipality where you live, you will see
the name and address of the nearest medical institution where you can receive the vaccination, as well as
the availability of reservations and
the types of vaccines you are handling.
The reservation itself is not accepted, so it is necessary to make a reservation according to the procedure decided by the local government or medical institution.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says, "We also post various information about vaccines, so please use it to collect information before receiving vaccination."
About vaccines The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has a policy of giving priority to people with underlying diseases after inoculating elderly people.
(URL) https://v-sys.mhlw.go.jp
What is the delivery schedule to prefectures?
The vaccine developed by Pfizer and others will begin to be inoculated to approximately 36 million elderly people aged 65 and over from the 12th of this month, a week later.
It is a delivery schedule to each place.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has a policy of delivering vaccines to prefectures sequentially from this week, and will first
supply
3900 doses to Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Osaka
within this week,
and 1950 doses to other prefectures.
Next week (April 12-) and next week (19-),
we will supply
19,500 doses to Tokyo, Kanagawa, and Osaka
, respectively
,
and 9750 doses in addition.
Also, in the week of April 26,
we plan to deliver 975 batches to all municipalities.
Due to the structure of the syringe prepared by the government at the beginning of inoculation, the amount of vaccine that can be collected from one container is expected to be 5 doses, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare wants to switch to a syringe that can collect 6 doses by the end of next month. I will.
By the end of June, it is expected that all the target elderly people will be able to receive the amount that can be inoculated twice.
What is the process up to vaccination?
Vaccination can be received free of charge by bringing a coupon or vaccination ticket mailed to your home from the local government such as the municipality.
It summarizes the current prospects for procedures, flows, and procedures.
● Make a reservation by phone after receiving the coupon.
The inoculation venues are ▽ medical institutions ▽ public halls and gymnasiums.
● At the venue for mass inoculation, first present the coupon at the reception and verify your identity with your driver's license or health insurance card.
● Next, there is a "preliminary examination" by a doctor who fills out a questionnaire about his health condition and illnesses he has had so far and decides whether or not vaccination is possible.
If there is no problem so far, you can get the vaccine.
Those who have completed the vaccination will receive a "certificate of vaccination" with the date and other information.
The "certificate of vaccination" contains information such as which vaccine you have vaccinated, and you will need it when you receive your second vaccination.
● It is important to note that you cannot return home immediately after inoculation.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare requires that follow-up be carried out on the spot for at least 30 minutes after vaccination, and those who have completed vaccination will be waiting in a dedicated space provided at the venue.
As a result of analyzing the cases reported by medical institutions as "suspicion of anaphylaxis" at the expert group meeting held on the 26th of last month by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, it was found that anaphylaxis was reported at a rate of about 1 in 12,300 times. It has been revealed.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to request local governments to establish a system so that if anaphylaxis occurs, it can be promptly transported to a medical institution.
Vaccination "lower your arm"
About the vaccination method At academic societies made by physicians, etc., a video is released to inoculate with the arm down.
This video was released on the Internet in February by the "Japan Primary Care Association", which is made by physicians and pediatricians, to explain the vaccination method for medical professionals.
According to the society, the video initially explained that when injecting, "put the inoculator's hand on the waist", but the doctor who saw the video said that this method may hurt the nerves of the arm. It has been pointed out that it is safer to inoculate with the arm down in the "intramuscular injection" performed with the vaccine, and the video is retaken and released again.