With regard to the vaccination of the new coronavirus, the government has announced a policy to enable vaccination in the workplace from the 21st of this month, and companies in the Kansai region are also considering it in earnest.

Of these, Kintetsu Group Holdings Inc. announced that it has decided to inoculate approximately 17,000 employees in the workplace.



From the 21st of this month, about 8,000 people, including train crews and station staff, will be given priority inoculation.



In addition, Osaka Gas is adjusting the schedule of industrial physicians in anticipation of the start of inoculation from the 21st of this month.



First of all, we would like to give priority to inoculation from employees involved in gas production and security, and expand the target employees depending on the vaccine supply status.



Kansai Electric Power also plans to set up venues at its head office in Osaka City and at three nuclear power plants in Fukui Prefecture for inoculation.



The target is Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. and employees of subsidiaries responsible for the power transmission and distribution business, a total of about 18,000 people and their families, as well as employees of group companies and partner companies. I'm going to get started.



In addition, Panasonic has decided to implement it from areas such as Osaka and the Tokyo metropolitan area where the infection situation is serious, and Daikin Industries and Kubota are also preparing for the start of inoculation.