In order to secure medical staff who will be vaccinated against the new corona virus, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura will consider allowing dispatched nurses, which are permitted only in depopulated areas, regardless of the area. Was shown.

Regarding the vaccination of the new corona virus, the Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura told reporters that priority vaccination for the elderly began on the 12th. Since various cases will come out in each local government, we would like to expand the good ones horizontally and disseminate information to other local governments. "



On that basis, regarding the securing of medical staff for inoculation, "We have to ask potential nurses to help us, and we received requests from each prefecture to dispatch nurses to places other than remote islands. We must work with local governments to create a system that allows the people to inoculate with peace of mind. " I showed the idea of ​​considering.