As the supply of the new coronavirus vaccine decreases and there are a series of movements to cancel vaccination reservations, the national government will allocate vaccines that can be distributed to municipalities at the discretion of prefectures as "adjustment frames" to lead to efficient vaccination. I'm looking for it.
When we interviewed prefectures about how to use this "adjustment frame" next month, many of them focused on allocating vaccines to local governments that lack vaccines, but there were few "adjustment frames" and they were practically Some have said that there is little discretion.
Regarding vaccines, the national government has reduced the "basic plan frame" to be allocated according to the population to local governments that consider it to have a certain amount of inventory by 10%, and as an "adjustment frame" that can distribute the reduced amount at the discretion of the prefecture. We are asking you to distribute the vaccine where it is in short supply.
On the 12th of this month, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will show the distribution amount of Pfizer vaccine for 10,000 boxes = 11.7 million times, which will be delivered in the week of the 2nd and 9th of next month, and will set a "basic plan frame" in 46 cities and wards. In addition to the reduction, a total of 2298 boxes = 2,688,660 times, including the reduced amount, was allocated to prefectures as an "adjustment frame".
When NHK interviewed 47 prefectures about how to use this "adjustment frame", many said, "Municipalities that are deficient in vaccines or are likely to be deficient based on the amount allocated, inoculation status, population size, etc. so far. We will focus on where we are. "
Of these, Mie Prefecture has 63 boxes = 73,710 adjustment frames, but we have conducted surveys in all 29 cities and towns in the prefecture and calculated the amount of vaccine remaining and the inoculation capacity for one week. It means that the vaccine will be distributed to places where vaccines are likely to be in short supply in the first half of the month.
On the other hand, there were some who said that the basic plan frame was allocated to the reduced local governments by returning it from the adjustment frame, and that there were few adjustment frames and there was virtually no discretion.
The number of "adjustment slots" is 273 boxes = 319,410 times, which is the largest number in Japan. "261 of the adjustment slots are for large-scale inoculation venues, and 11 of the remaining 12 boxes will be next month. In the latter half of the year, the government has given specific names of local governments to allocate to areas where inventory is low. In fact, only one box was decided at the discretion of the city. "
There were also multiple opinions such as "No matter how you allocate it, the situation remains insufficient" and "I'm worried about getting an understanding of fairness."
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare introduced this system because it wants prefectures that have a better understanding of the situation of cities, wards, towns and villages to make allocations according to the actual situation. I would like you to adjust. "