On the 5th in Hachioji City, where the inoculation of the new coronavirus vaccine to the elderly begins earliest in Tokyo, reservations were accepted on a first-come, first-served basis at call centers and other locations.
Hachioji City has the largest population of elderly people in the cities, towns and villages in Tokyo, and inoculation will start 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.
Regarding vaccination of the elderly, the number of vaccines to be distributed first is small, so the order of vaccination differs depending on the local government.
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 as to the reason for the first-come-first-served basis. To do so.
Hirohide Takei, chief of vaccination, said, "Only about 1% of the subjects will be vaccinated in April, and many citizens may be dissatisfied because they cannot make reservations. You can always inoculate, so I want you to thoroughly take basic infection countermeasures and wait. "