Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno, who is in charge of vaccination, met with university officials in the visited Okinawa prefecture and asked for cooperation such as dissemination of information and transportation to the vaccination site in order to improve the vaccination rate of the younger generation. ..
Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno has been visiting Okinawa Prefecture, where the inoculation rate of the new corona vaccine is the lowest in Japan, from the 24th, and on the 25th, he met with people from universities and vocational schools in the prefecture.
Among them, Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno said, "Given the inoculation rate of the entire prefecture, raising the inoculation rate of young people is the most important point. The third inoculation of young people peaks in April, May, and June. So now is the time to play. "
On top of that, he said, "I would like you to teach that the third inoculation is important even for young people. There is a system for group inoculation at a large-scale inoculation site in units such as universities, and I would like to ask for cooperation in coordinating and picking up students who want it." He stated and asked for cooperation such as dissemination of information and transportation to and from the inoculation site.
In response to this, university officials requested that "more venues could be inoculated after the evening, which does not affect classes," and so on.
After that, Chief Cabinet Secretary Matsuno told reporters, "The government has introduced to the whole country the efforts of local governments that have inoculation venues at night and on holidays. I would like you to make efforts to create an environment that is easy for people to inoculate. "