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By the week of 19, the national government will deliver 22 boxes (for 17,725 people) of the new coronavirus vaccine for the elderly, which will be inoculated on April 12, to the six Tohoku prefectures. Each prefecture, which has been entrusted with the method of distribution to municipalities, asks how to divide a small amount of vaccine. The supply plan after May is uncertain, and the true intention of “I want the country to deliver a stable and sufficient quantity as soon as possible” was leaked.
The vaccination schedule for the elderly is shown in the table. The government aims to complete the delivery by the end of June, but the first delivery will be limited to two boxes (for 975 people) in each prefecture.
Aomori Prefecture will limit the first assignment destination to a municipality where the inoculation system is being developed and information can be provided through videos. The objective is that other cities, towns and villages refer to the problems of inoculation and the situation of secondary reactions, and the person in charge explains: “I want to benefit the prefecture as a whole, instead of competing in 40 cities, towns and prefectural towns “.
Yamagata prefecture is one of 57 boxes in which the supply prospect was kept until the end of April, please work out the details in the address to distribute one for the first box in the 35 municipalities (about 480 people). Municipalities have already complained that “only a limited number of people can hit him.”
Governor Yoshihiro Murai of Miyagi Prefecture says there is a “tapping platform”, but the policy is to decide in consultation with the association of mayors of the prefecture and the association of cities and towns of the prefecture. “It is a small amount and it is difficult to convince everyone. The delivery time is one or two different months, so it will not be a dispute,” he predicts.
Akita Prefecture is also soliciting input from municipalities. Governor Norihisa Satake, who says it is “very annoying,” thinks: “If you distribute it evenly to municipalities, there will be a disparity in the number by population. We are considering distribution with the prefectural medical association.”
Governor Masao Uchibori of Fukushima Prefecture explains: “We will comprehensively judge the population proportion, the aging rate, the number of infected people, etc., taking into account the fairness between the regions.” He noted that it would be difficult to discuss the distribution of the entire prefecture if the supply quantity cannot be seen to some extent, and he is expected to draw a conclusion based on the state of readiness of the municipalities.
In Iwate prefecture, it is up to the municipality to decide whether to inoculate in groups or in facilities for the elderly, and the distribution will not be adjusted according to the method of inoculation. Governor Takuya Tasso spoke on behalf of the municipalities and said: “I am asking for information as much as I can get out of my throat,” and asked the government to provide information as soon as possible.
There were also concerns that staff safety would be an issue if vaccinations for healthcare workers and the elderly overlapped for a long period of time.
