Information About the Coronavirus Vaccination
The vaccination for the coronavirus will begin in some municipalities. Mie Prefecture announced the official details as of February 3, 2021. For more information, see the homepage or press releases for the region where you live.
- Who can get the vaccine
Everyone who is a registered resident of Mie
- Vaccination fee
FREE
- Period of vaccination
If the government approves the vaccine’s safety and initiates the distribution process, the vaccination will be given in following order:
1 – Health service providers
2 – Seniors over 65 (people born before April 1, 1957)
3 – People with health problems and asylum workers, etc.
4 – The rest of the citizens
* Vaccination for healthcare providers is expected to begin in mid-February, and for the elderly to begin as early as April 1.
- Vaccination location
The vaccine will be given in hospitals or vaccination centers in the place where you live.
- How to take the vaccine
- Vaccination will be in 2 stages. Both in the first and in the second stage, vaccines from the same pharmaceutical company will be administered.
- The “Vaccine Ticket” (Sesshu-ken – 接種 券) and “New Coronavirus Vaccine Announcement” (Shingata Coronavirus Sesshu no Oshirase – 新型 コ ロ ナ ワ ク チ ン 接種 の お 知 ら ら Será) will be sent by the municipal authorities.
- Reservation will be required to receive vaccination.
Reference: Homepage of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/vaccine_00184.html
If you are experiencing difficulties due to the coronavirus, call the Mie Consultation Center for Foreign Residents
TEL: 080-3300-8077 (Assistance in several languages)
Monday to Friday and Sundays (closed on Saturdays and public holidays), from 9 am to 5 pm
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