As the infection of the new coronavirus spreads rapidly nationwide, large-scale vaccination has begun in Tokushima City for high school students who need to visit outside the prefecture to get a job or go on to school.
Newly started in Tokushima Prefecture is a large-scale inoculation mainly for third-year high school students who need to visit outside the prefecture to get a job or go on to school.
At "Asty Tokushima" in Tokushima City, which is the venue for large-scale inoculation, on the 21st of the first day, more than 300 people who applied in advance for each school visited and received the inoculation.
According to a survey conducted by the prefectural board of education through the school, there are 1,847 high school students who wish to receive vaccinations, and the prefecture wants to complete the first vaccinations for all those who wish to receive vaccinations by the 5th of next month.
A third-year high school girl who received the vaccination said, "Because I am preparing to take the exam, I was worried about what to do if I was infected and took a break from class.
Toshiko Okamoto, chief of the welfare section of the prefectural board of education, said, "People who are uncertain about vaccination should properly judge the efficacy of the vaccine and consider vaccination."