February 7th is "Northern Territories Day".
In the Northern Territories, the Russian side is inoculating the islanders with a Russian-made vaccine of the new coronavirus, and is expanding the medical system to further establish the residents.
According to the hospitals on Kunashiri Island and Shikotan Island in the Northern Territories, more than 200 out of a total of about 12,000 inhabitants on these two islands were infected with the new coronavirus.
The Sakhalin Oblast government, which has virtually jurisdiction over the Northern Territories, has been inoculating Russian-made vaccines to the islanders of the Northern Territories since December last year, and the islanders who booked the island hospital visit every day for vaccination. I will.
A woman in her 50s on Kunashiri Island said, "It's wonderful to be vaccinated against Russia. I'm proud of not having to rely on other countries."
According to Abramenco, the director of the Kunashir Island clinic, about 270 people on Kunashir Island and Shikotan Island have completed the first vaccination, saying, "Because it is a remote island, vaccination is important. It started a little earlier. "
The Sakhalin Oblast government has installed CT scans and equipment to measure oxygen levels in the blood at hospitals on Kunashiri Island, and plans to build a new hospital in 2023.
The Putin administration is formulating and developing a national plan to increase the population of the islands, including the Northern Territories, and is trying to further establish the inhabitants by expanding the medical system.
As the Russian side intensifies these movements, Japan will persistently negotiate under the basic policy of resolving the Northern Territories issue and concluding a peace treaty.