Regarding the vaccine for the new coronavirus, the government had a policy of reducing the amount allocated to local governments that it considered to have a certain amount of stock in the latter half of next month according to the population by 10%, but the local government opposes it. I received it and withdrew it.
The government has set a "basic plan frame" that allocates 80% of the 11.7 million Pfizer vaccines that will be supplied nationwide in the two weeks starting next month according to the population, and a fixed amount in the vaccination recording system. The policy was to reduce the allocation to municipalities that were considered to be in stock by 10%.
On the other hand, local governments have voiced opposition to the reduction, saying that vaccines considered to be in stock include the amount of reserved inoculations.
Under these circumstances, on the night of the 26th, the government withdrew its policy of reducing inventories and allocated more than 7,900 boxes to municipalities according to the population.
The rest will be assigned to prefectures as "adjustment slots" and will be distributed to municipalities that lack vaccines.
The government has changed its policy because there is a voice from the local government that there is no surplus vaccine, and even if it is reduced, it will be distributed in the future. By early October, 8 of people over 12 years old We are planning to supply the prefectures with the amount that can be inoculated twice. "