To reduce the number of clusters in facilities where elderly people with a high risk of serious illness live, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has begun efforts to dispatch "vaccine buses" to facilities for the elderly.
The aim is to proceed with the third vaccination by visiting the facility with not only the vaccine itself but also doctors and nurses.
The dispatch of the "vaccine bus" began on the 14th.
Doctors and nurses will also go to the facility where the dispatch was requested through the local government, with two cars loaded with vaccines.
On the 16th, a total of more than 40 people, including residents of a special nursing home for the elderly in Kiyose City, were vaccinated with Moderna vaccine.
This "vaccine bus".
Depending on the width of the road on the way to the dispatch destination and the size of the place to stop the car, we will use a camper or a minibus properly.
Elderly people who can move on their own can come in the car to have a pre-examination and get a vaccine in their seats, which means that they can inoculate faster and more efficiently than setting up a new venue.
According to the capital, clusters are occurring one after another in facilities for the elderly in the 6th wave, and how to prevent the aggravation of the elderly is an issue.
Elderly people aged 65 and over who completed the third vaccination in Tokyo accounted for about 32% of the elderly population in Tokyo as of the 14th, and the city promoted the third vaccination of the elderly by dispatching a "vaccine bus". , I want to prevent it from becoming more serious.
Kazuyuki Kotaki, the director of the special elderly nursing home who was dispatched to the vaccine bus, said, "I was wondering if I could get the vaccine as soon as possible, but I learned about this mechanism. I think it will lead to the peace of mind of residents and their families. "
Tomoe Otsuka of Tokyo She said that the chief of the vaccine department said, "I want to deliver the vaccine to as many people as possible as soon as possible."