As preparations for the third vaccination of the new coronavirus vaccine are in full swing, some foreign residents have not yet completed the second vaccination, so foreigners receive it in Kita-ku, Tokyo without reservation. The inoculation center has been opened.
The inoculation center is located in the parking lot of the Tokyo North Medical Center, which is the inoculation venue in Kita-ku, Tokyo. Foreigners who live in Kita-ku or commute to work or school can receive inoculation without reservation. increase.
Volunteer interpreters are prepared to cooperate and can speak 6 languages such as Chinese, Vietnamese and Bengali.
On the 15th, a Bangladeshi man visited and was vaccinated after receiving help from an interpreter over the phone, filling out a pre-examination slip and asking a doctor.
According to Kita Ward, as of 1st of this month, about 80% of the people in the ward have completed the vaccination twice, but 69% of the foreign residents are foreigners, so due to language barriers, etc. It seems that many people are missing out on vaccination opportunities.
Hideo Maeda, director of the Kita Ward Health Center, said, "I would like to work with volunteers to disseminate information to the foreign community so that foreigners who want to receive vaccination but cannot receive it can complete the two vaccinations." I was talking.
The inoculation center is open from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm for five days until the 19th of this month.