As a result of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare investigating the vaccination schedule for residents of facilities for the elderly regarding the third vaccination of the new corona vaccine, only about 70% of the facilities answered that they would be completed by the end of this month, which was the target. I understand.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare wants to support local governments and accelerate inoculation.
As the infection of the new corona spreads and clusters occur one after another in facilities for the elderly, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will finish the third vaccination of desired residents and staff this week by the end of this month. , Notified local governments nationwide and investigated the inoculation schedule.
As a result, only 74% of the facilities answered that they would complete the vaccination by the end of this month.
When asked the local governments about the reasons for the inoculation, the most common answer was "because there are residents who have not passed 6 months since the second time", followed by "securing the inoculation system". 16% said that it took time to do so, and 15% said that there was an unavoidable situation such as the occurrence of a cluster.
Regarding the fact that the survey results were only about 70% of the total, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Goto said, "I don't think it is enough. I would like to support local governments and raise the inoculation rate as much as possible. I have declared that I will aim as a goal, so I will do my best. "