Kanagawa Prefecture has announced that it will start vaccination in groups such as universities and companies at the prefecture's large-scale vaccination site in order to promote the third vaccination of the younger generation.
In Kanagawa Prefecture, the number of newly infected people remains high, and people in their 30s or younger account for more than 60% of the total.
On the other hand, in terms of vaccination rate by age group, only about 20% of people between the ages of 12 and 39 received the third vaccination.
Governor Kuroiwa said at a regular press conference on the 12th that it is important to promote vaccination of the younger generation, and at the large-scale vaccination site in the prefecture set up in Ebina City, efforts to inoculate in groups such as universities and companies Revealed to start.
At the large-scale inoculation venue, we are currently only inoculating for individuals, but from the 13th, we will accept applications for 50 or more people per group, and we will start the inoculation from the 26th.
Governor Kuroiwa said, "Some people seem to refrain from vaccination because young people are mildly infected, but many people are having a hard time, such as having a high fever for several days even if they are mildly infected. , I would like to proceed with the third vaccination as much as possible in order to move economic activities. "