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[Tokio, 10 de Reuters]- The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has outlined the new coronavirus vaccine inoculation system in Japan, including the government that secured 10,500 freezer units for storage on the 10th. We will ensure a quantity of vaccine that can be supplied to all people for the first semester of next year and, in principle, inoculate it in the municipality of residence. In addition to the medical institutions reserved in advance, it will be held in venues authorized by the municipalities.
After the subcommittee on the vaccination and distribution system was finalized, an executive from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Welfare said in a meeting: “We will establish a vaccination system aimed at all people. We want to deliver it to the people as soon as possible.” .
The new corona vaccine developed by major US pharmaceutical company Pfizer and others started being inoculated in the UK on the 8th, but in Japan it needs to go through clinical trials and national approval procedures. We must prepare for the end of March 2021) “.
Under the direction of the national government, the municipality will send an “inoculation ticket (coupon ticket)” to the target person, and the inoculator will take him to a medical institution to receive the inoculation. The inoculator selects a medical institution that can reserve a place of residence from the public site and makes a reservation in advance.
Coupons are distributed first to the elderly and then to people with underlying conditions other than the elderly. Medical workers vaccinate at their respective medical institutions and affiliated medical institutions.
Regarding the vaccine distribution system, to store vaccines in a frozen state, the national government will ensure 3,000 freezer units at minus 75 degrees Celsius and 7,500 units at minus 20 degrees Celsius, and will assign them to each local government based on the population . The government will also purchase dry ice for cold storage boxes at a lump sum and supply it to medical institutions. The government bears the cost of vaccination.
The amount of vaccine to be distributed is decided by national and local governments and is delivered to medical institutions. Establish a wholesaler in charge of distribution in each region.
The government has agreed with a pharmaceutical company to receive 290 million corona vaccines so far. Of these, 50 million contracts were signed with US Moderna. Pfizer in the US and Astra Zeneca in the UK will each discuss 120 million final contracts in the future.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on the 10th that 602 new coronavirus infections were confirmed. For the first time, the number surpassed 600, the highest number in history.
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Ami Miyazaki, Nobuhiro Kubo
