Vaccine supply in the first half of August to be presented to prefectures tonight Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare

As the supply of the new coronavirus vaccine to local governments declines nationwide in July, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to show the supply of the first half of August to prefectures on the night of the 12th.

Of these, local governments that consider that they have a certain amount of inventory have a policy of reducing the "basic plan frame" that is allocated according to the population by 10%, and some local governments are concerned that vaccines may be in short supply. I will.

In July, the number of Pfizer vaccines delivered nationwide from the national government has decreased, and local governments are moving to suspend the acceptance of reservations because the desired amount has not arrived.

Under these circumstances, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare plans to show the allocation by prefecture on the night of the 12th for about 10,000 boxes to be delivered nationwide in the week of August 2nd and 9th.

Of these, 8,000 boxes will be allocated to municipalities as a "basic plan frame" according to the population aged 12 to 64, but from this time on, "VRS" = vaccination recording system will have more than a certain amount of stock. For local governments that the government considers, the policy is to reduce the amount of vaccines to be distributed by 10%.

On the other hand, some local governments have not been able to keep up with the input of vaccination records to VRS, or have secured a certain amount of vaccine for the second vaccination, so the inventory that can actually be used is available. It has been pointed out that the amount is limited.

Of these, in Toshima Ward, Tokyo, about 160,000 vaccines have been delivered so far, but the VRS inoculation record is about 110,000, and there is a risk that about 50,000 vaccines, which is the difference, will be considered as inventory. ..

Therefore, according to the person in charge of the ward, there is a high possibility that the basic plan frame will be reduced by 10%.

In Toshima Ward, there are already insufficient vaccines, and some clinics have canceled vaccination reservations or are not accepting new vaccines.

On the other hand, the national government has a policy of allocating the amount reduced from the basic plan frame to each prefecture as an "adjustment frame", and requires the prefectures to adjust and distribute it to municipalities that lack vaccines.

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, "There should be a certain amount of vaccines in stock nationwide, so I hope that we will continue to inoculate at the pace at which vaccines are supplied while making effective use of them."

Toshima-ku, Tokyo "Distribute the required amount to the required place"

Toshima-ku, Tokyo has been supplied with about 160,000 vaccines by July 8.

Individual inoculations are given at about 200 clinics in the ward, and the VRS inoculation record is about 110,000 times as of the 12th.

People who have a resident card other than Toshima Ward often inoculate, and as of the end of June, it has reached about 20,000 times, but such inoculation is not recorded in the VRS record of Toshima Ward.

For this reason, there are not as many vaccines left as the country considers to be in stock.

Vaccines are already in short supply in Toshima Ward, and there are a series of movements to suspend or cancel reservations.

Toshima Ward's vaccination manager, Tadashi Naoe, said, "I don't have any stock. There is a terminal station, and even though I'm hitting a lot of people other than the ward residents, it's judged that they are in stock. It's a very disadvantageous situation. I would like you to allocate the necessary amount to the necessary place. "

The allocation method this time is

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the amount of Pfizer vaccines delivered nationwide was 16,000 boxes = 18.72 million doses for the two weeks from June 21, while the weeks of July 5 and 12 are combined. The total number of boxes is 11,000, and the total number of boxes on the 19th and 26th is planned to decrease to 10,600.

After August 2nd, it will be about 10,000 boxes every two weeks.

The national government has a policy of allocating 8,000 boxes of these to municipalities according to the population aged 12 to 64 as a "basic plan frame", but for local governments that consider "inventory for 6 weeks" It is said that the vaccine to be distributed will be reduced by 10% from this time.

For vaccines to be distributed in the two weeks from August 2, the difference between the number of vaccinations registered in the "VRS" = vaccination recording system by July 8 and the amount of vaccine delivered so far. Is considered in stock.

For example, a municipality that has been registered with VRS for 100,000 doses as of the 8th of this month and has delivered 150,000 vaccines to date is considered to have 50,000 inventories.

Compare this inventory with the amount of vaccine required for 6 weeks of vaccination calculated from the latest number of vaccinations on VRS, and if the inventory is exceeded, it will be subject to reduction.