In response to the government's policy regarding the advancement of the third vaccination of the new corona vaccine, local governments that have been making preparations such as disseminating information to the general elderly are busy informing them that the vaccination schedule has been accelerated.
Regarding the third vaccination of the general elderly, the government has notified that the interval from the second vaccination, which was initially 8 months in principle, will be shortened to 7 months and then to 6 months on the 13th of this month. We also requested local governments that have spare capacity in the vaccination system to proceed with vaccination ahead of schedule.
In response to this, local governments, which have been promoting the sending of vaccination tickets and disseminating the vaccination schedule from early on, are busy responding to inform them of the advancement.
Of these, in Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, the inoculation ticket was printed and enclosed when the inoculation interval was 7 months, so it was not possible to reflect the reservation date ahead of schedule.
For this reason, in Shinagawa Ward, as a measure of pain, a sticker stating "Reservations can be made as soon as the vaccination ticket arrives" will be put on the envelope containing the vaccination ticket in a hurry, and 30 staff members will seal 70,000 envelopes on the 20th. I did the work of pasting.
Shunsuke Toyoshima, chief of the inoculation section in Shinagawa Ward, said, "Due to a sudden change, we couldn't print the inoculation ticket in time, and now we can handle stickers. rice field.