Regarding the vaccination of the new coronavirus, Minister of Defense Kishi has instructed the ministry to set up a countermeasures headquarters and accelerate preparations for the establishment of a large-scale vaccination site in Tokyo, which is aimed at next month.
In order to accelerate the vaccination of the new corona virus, Prime Minister Suga told the Minister of Defense Kishi on the 27th that the Self-Defense Forces will set up and operate the venue in Tokyo among the large-scale inoculation venues opened by the government in Tokyo and Osaka. I instructed.
In response to this, Minister Kishi set up a countermeasures headquarters headed by Deputy Minister Nakayama at the executive meeting of the Ministry of Defense, and realized that "protecting the lives and livelihoods of the people is the greatest mission of the Self-Defense Forces. I want you to start preparations immediately. "
The inoculation site in Tokyo will be set up on the 24th of next month, and the policy is for self-defense forces with qualifications as doctors and nurses to inoculate for three months.
We also confirmed that we will discuss how to support the inoculation site in Osaka with the local government.
After the meeting, Minister Kishi told reporters, "If the infection continues to spread in one of the three prefectures in the metropolitan area, it will have a large impact on other areas. I want to get the vaccine as soon as possible." Said.
Secretary-general Fukuyama Ritsumin "Abruptly hit and miss"
At a press conference, Secretary-general Fukuyama of the Constitutional Democratic Party said, "I have to worry that it may be abrupt and random. The vaccination site in Tokyo seems to include the three neighboring prefectures, but the movement of elderly people The method is not clear. I would like to clarify in the Diet deliberations how to respond so as not to create new confusion. "