While the shortage of vaccines for the new coronavirus has become a problem in local governments nationwide, Toshima Ward in Tokyo said that the amount of vaccine delivered from the country was less than half of what was desired, and it was not possible to proceed with vaccination as planned. We have begun an urgent call for people under the age of age to make new reservations after August.
Toshima Ward is promoting vaccination centered on individual vaccinations at medical institutions, and by the 5th, 53% of the elderly had completed two vaccinations, and now they are also vaccination for people with underlying diseases. I will.
Until now, the ward received a relatively desired amount of vaccine from the country, but the amount of vaccine distributed between the 5th and 19th of this month will be less than half of the desired amount, 20 boxes. became.
For this reason, the ward sent a notice to about 200 medical institutions providing individual vaccinations that "the situation was difficult to supply as desired."
In addition, the ward was planning to start making reservations for general vaccinations for people aged 40 and over from the 5th, but there is an urgent need to make reservations on the website, etc. I started calling for.
Yukio Takano, Mayor of Toshima Ward, said, "Because we have been inoculating a lot quickly, the impact is greatly confused when the brakes are applied. I regret what I was rushing to do. I want the country to reward not only equality but also the local governments that are working hard and moving fast. "
Reservation acceptance may be suspended or canceled due to reduced vaccine supply
Due to the decrease in vaccine supply, some clinics are busy with measures such as suspension or cancellation of reservations.
Of these, the Yamashita Clinic stopped accepting new reservations on July 2, as it received only 20% of the vaccines for 60 people out of the 300 people who wanted it, and it has already entered. This means that you may have to cancel your reservation for 1600 people.
The clinic is asking the ward to distribute more vaccines, but so far there is no prospect of supply.
Director Iwao Yamashita said, "The government told me to inoculate more and more, and when I thought that I could speed up the inoculation for young people, I was suddenly told that there was no gasoline and I was stepping on the brakes. If you don't know the supply forecast, you can only accept less reservations, but I'm sorry to call you to cancel your reservation. "