According to an interview with the people concerned, Chiba Prefecture has decided to set up a large-scale vaccination site in Chiba City in the middle of next month in order to accelerate the vaccination of the new coronavirus.
In order to achieve the government's goal of completing vaccinations for the elderly by the end of July, local governments around the country are increasingly setting up large-scale vaccination venues for vaccination.
Under these circumstances, it solidified the policy of starting the operation by providing a large-scale vaccination venue for the event next month in mid also Chiba Prefecture, in order to accelerate the vaccination in Chiba City in prospect, was found in an interview to the official.
The venue is planned to be the "Soga Community Center" in Chuo-ku, Chiba City due to its accessibility, and we are working to secure personnel for inoculation, such as dispatching doctors and nurses from Chiba University Hospital.
Initially, we will inoculate hundreds of people a day, and if the system is in place, we are preparing to increase the number to more than 1000 people.
According to the results by prefecture announced by the government on the 24th of this month, the ratio of those who have completed vaccination for the elderly to the elderly population as of January last year is 4.3% for the first time in Chiba prefecture. The second time was 0.2%, the second lowest in the whole country.
Chiba Prefecture wants to support municipalities in the prefecture by opening a large-scale inoculation venue and accelerate inoculation, and plans to formally decide on the establishment after holding a meeting of the countermeasures headquarters in the future.