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Fumio KishidaOn January 20, the prime minister asked the representatives of each party.The first thing on the agenda is the government’s top priorityNew corona virusIt’s about dealing with.
This is the third time for medical professionals and the elderly since December 1, last year.vaccinationInoculation has begun. However, at this point, only 1.5% have completed the third vaccination. Among the OECD (Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) member countries, Japan is the most lagging behind.
“Prime Minister Kishida said,’In countries where the (first) vaccination started early, the third vaccination will be as early as possible, and in Japan, it will be in full swing in the future.’ It’s not going as planned.
Molnupiravir, a corona remedy to be taken, which was approved by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare last year, has also signed a contract with a pharmaceutical company for use by 1.6 million people, but at this stage it is still about 30,000 people. Has been criticized as “too late” “(political journalist)
In fact, on Twitter, “The third vaccination of the elderly is too late! 》 《Government can’t use it, it’s too late to make a decision》 and so on.
The Kishida administration, which has a question mark about measures against corona, is secretly praised.Yoshihide Suga・ Former Prime Minister. In an interview published in “Toyo Keizai Online”, the situation at the time when he was struggling to secure the supply of vaccines was revealed, and it has become a hot topic.
“When Mr. Suga took office as Prime Minister, the vaccination rate in Japan was significantly behind that of other countries. Therefore, Mr. Suga directly conducted telephone negotiations with Pfizer, and in May 2021, 50 million doses. Secure the vaccine.
However, when the vaccination was accelerated with the goal of 1 million times a day, the vaccine for August became insufficient.
So Mr. Suga invited Mr. Albert Bourla, CEO of Pfizer, who was visiting Japan for the opening ceremony of the Tokyo Olympics, to the guesthouse. It was the first time that a civilian was invited as a guest.
Mr. Suga, along with Mr. Bula, will give maximum hospitality, such as feeding the carp in the pond, and succeed in getting the vaccine for 7 million doses to be supplied ahead of schedule.
As a result, inoculation progressed at a pace of 1 million times a day in August, and in November, about 75% of all the people completed the second inoculation. In an interview, Mr. Suga recalls, “I think the relationship of trust between top management is important.” (Political journalist mentioned above)
When this interview is posted, in the comment section of the news and SNS,
<< Former Prime Minister Suga left a great achievement. Even for vaccination, Prime Minister Kishida could not inoculate that detonation velocity. "
<< I think Prime Minister Suga did well in that situation. There are many critics, but I think it's safe to re-evaluate the fact that we have implemented a number of fairly good policies from an objective point of view and made it possible to inoculate the people so quickly.
《Did you persuade President Pfizer directly at the guest house? Suga is amazing》
There was a lot of praise. There was an unknown episode in the background of the vaccination that became explosive from the middle.
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