Preparations are underway in various regions before the start of vaccination of the new coronavirus in the elderly.


Some local governments are the first to ship vaccination tickets and receive “more than expected” responses.

Saitama Toda City Inoculation ticket shipping work proceeds

In Toda City, Saitama Prefecture, regarding the vaccination of the new coronavirus vaccine starting from the week of 19th of this month, the target is limited to elderly people aged 85 and over and residents of some facilities for the elderly in order to avoid confusion in reservations. We are in the process of shipping vaccination tickets to the target people.



In Toda City, the vaccine that 1460 people receive twice will be distributed in two parts, and the amount is limited, so the city will consider the risk of aggravation and outbreaks and confuse reservations. To avoid this, we will limit the vaccination to elderly people aged 85 and over and some residents of facilities for the elderly, and will start vaccination from the week of the 19th of this month.



The target population is about 4000, and about 36% of them can be inoculated this time.

On the 6th, the city's welfare and health center was busy with confirmation and sorting work to send out vaccination tickets, pre-examination slips, and documents of information on medical institutions that can inoculate.



Other than the residents of the facility, we plan to inoculate individually at a local medical institution, and from around the 14th of this month, we will accept reservations by calling the medical institution directly or from the city's website.



Inoculation tickets will be sent to other elderly people aged 65 and over around the 22nd of this month.



Tadashi Fukuda, Chief of the Toda City New Coronavirus Vaccination Countermeasures Office, said, "Since it would be confusing if reservations were made all at once, we divided the vaccination ticket shipments. I want it to be one of the triggers for me to do it. "

Sumida-ku, Tokyo 7 times more inquiries after the start of shipping of inoculation tickets

In Sumida Ward, Tokyo, vaccinations for residents of facilities for the elderly will be carried out in advance after 19th of this month, and other general elderly people are scheduled to start vaccination from 10th of next month.



This month, we started shipping vaccination tickets to all the elderly people in the ward, about 60,000 people, and the number of inquiries to the dedicated call center, which was 281 in the last month, was 2078 by the 5th of this month. And it has increased more than 7 times.



Some people call the ward office directly or come to the office for consultation. When the ward office starts work at 8:30 am on the 6th, the inquiry phone starts ringing and the vaccination ticket is also available at the counter. Elderly people with a phone call were visiting one after another.

The visitors consulted about how to make a vaccination reservation starting from May 1st and whether it can be vaccinated by a family doctor, and the staff was busy explaining.



Sumida Ward will increase the number of call center lines from next month.



A man in his 80s who came to the consultation said, "Even in the housing complex where I live, I think that some elderly people may give up vaccination because they do not know how to make a reservation. I came to hear it. "



Mr. Hitoshi Iwase, Deputy Director of Sumida Ward Health Center, said, "I am honestly surprised by the magnitude of the response beyond my expectations. I would like to explain until I am fully convinced and provide more understandable information."

Kono Regulatory Reform Minister Vaccination Reservation "Don't rush because you can get the necessary amount"

Kono, the minister in charge of vaccination, said at a press conference after the cabinet meeting on the 6th, "By the end of June, the vaccines needed for two vaccinations for the elderly will come in. Book a concert ticket. Unlike, don't rush because it won't sell out. "



On that basis, he expressed his intention to request the local government to take measures such as sending inoculation tickets in stages so that there would be no confusion when making reservations.



In addition, as a result of investigating the intentions of local governments nationwide regarding vaccination during the Golden Week holidays, Minister Kono said that he hopes to inoculate a total of more than 500,000 people in 194 municipalities, and is aiming for delivery. I showed the idea of ​​adjusting.