Regarding the large-scale inoculation center for the new coronavirus vaccine operated by the Self-Defense Forces, Minister of Defense Kishi has reduced the number of Self-Defense Forces personnel involved in vaccination and operation at the venue, considering that reservation slots continue to be significantly surplus. He expressed his intention to reduce the system accordingly.
The large-scale inoculation center operated by the Self-Defense Forces has a daily reservation limit of 10,000 people at the Tokyo venue and 5,000 people at the Osaka venue, but recently only about 10% to 20% of the reservations have been made, which is a large surplus. it is continuing.
Regarding this, Defense Minister Kishi said at a press conference after the Cabinet meeting, "Recently, reservations are at a very low level compared to the available slots."
After clarifying that SDF personnel called "medical officers" and "nurses" who are qualified as doctors and nurses are being returned to the SDF hospital, the future inoculation system will be described at the "Large-scale inoculation center". I would like to proceed with the examination of the system in a way that does not hinder the implementation of the inoculation of the SDF. "