In order to accelerate the vaccination of the new coronavirus, Hikari City, Yamaguchi Prefecture will start its own occupational vaccination from next month at small businesses that are not subject to the occupational vaccination conducted by the government. It was.
Occupational vaccination at work or university is expected to begin nationwide from the 21st of this month, targeting more than 1,000 companies and universities.
In Hikari City, as of the 9th, more than 71% of the target elderly people have completed the first vaccination, so they decided to start their own occupational vaccination to accelerate vaccination under the age of 64. became.
The target is restaurants and businesses with 5 or more employees who are not subject to the government's occupational vaccination, and if the vaccination ticket is at hand, all applicants can receive it.
By using Pfizer's vaccine distributed to the city for its own occupational vaccination, the vaccination will be done at a medical institution, and for establishments with 50 or more employees, the city will coordinate and doctors if desired. And nurses will be dispatched.
Takahisa Manji, chief of the Hikari City Commerce and Tourism Division, said, "I would like to proceed with the inoculation as soon as possible so that both businesses and citizens can feel at ease. Since the inoculation is not compulsory, I would like to ask for consideration for those who do not receive it." ..