With the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection, it is required to advance the third vaccination, and local governments nationwide are busy with measures such as sending out vaccination tickets earlier than originally planned.
Regarding the timing of the third vaccination, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare initially set it to 8 months or more from the second vaccination, but shortened the number of medical staff and residents of facilities for the elderly to 6 months or more.
Furthermore, after March, the policy was to move forward to 6 months for the general elderly and 7 months for non-elderly people, including occupational vaccinations, and requested that local governments with spare capacity shorten it to 6 months. I am.
From January 31st, inoculation will begin at a large-scale inoculation site operated by the Self-Defense Forces in Tokyo.
In response to these movements, local governments nationwide are busy shipping vaccination tickets ahead of schedule, and in Koto Ward, Tokyo, inoculation to residents in principle 6 months after the second vaccination from the 24th. We have started shipping tickets.
Mr. Masashi Nemoto, Chief of the New Coronavirus Vaccination Promotion Office in Koto Ward, said, "Since the story of the venue of the Self-Defense Forces suddenly came up, I thought that I could send the vaccination ticket as soon as possible. We receive various voices from the residents at the time of inoculation, so we would like to proceed so that we can inoculate as soon as possible without any confusion. "