For the third inoculation of the new coronavirus vaccine, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Goto clarified the idea of promptly showing concrete criteria for shortening the interval from the second to 6 months. He emphasized that shortening is an exception.
At the meeting of the National Governors' Association held on the 21st of this month regarding the third inoculation of the new coronavirus vaccine, the specific criteria for shortening the interval from the second inoculation from 8 months or more to 6 months in principle. There were a series of opinions asking us to show.
Regarding this, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Goto said at a press conference, "We would like to respond to requests as soon as possible based on the fact that booster vaccination will start from the 1st of next month. I think it will be. "
On the other hand, regarding the shortening of the inoculation interval, "in exceptional cases such as clusters occurring in medical institutions or multiple clusters occurring in the area and rapid spread of infection is seen," after consulting with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. " I talked about it. It is by no means a standard that can be advanced depending on the free judgment of the region and each situation, "he emphasized as an exception.
On top of that, Minister Goto said, "First of all, it is important to establish a system for smooth booster vaccination nationwide."