According to the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, about 200 million people nationwide, including students and faculty members, were vaccinated with the new coronavirus vaccine at the university base.The total number of schools that carry out inoculation at university bases has reached 760, including universities, junior colleges, and colleges of technology.

 According to the Ministry of Education, the survey was conducted from 9 universities, junior colleges, and technical colleges nationwide as of September 5.This includes occupational inoculation in collaboration with companies and local governments.

 There are 760 universities, etc. that have been inoculated at university bases, 122 in cooperation with companies, 260 in cooperation with local governments, and 228 in cooperation with medical worker advance vaccination.There are also universities that have carried out inoculation at university bases and business collaboration in duplicate, and the total number of schools is 999.

 The number of inoculators was 124, faculty and staff 8,405, neighbors, affiliated school faculty and staff, and others 32, with a total of 6,171 inoculators.Of the total number of students at the school, which is 43, 5,521% use inoculation at university bases.This figure does not include the number of students who received individual vaccinations by each local government.

 It has been said that the active younger generation plays a leading role in the spread of the new coronavirus infection, and that promotion of vaccination to young people has a great effect on preventing the spread of the infection. Since 43.7% of the students had the opportunity to get vaccinated close to them, it is possible that the promotion of university-based vaccination played a certain role in the convergence of the fifth wave of infection spread.

reference:[Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology] About the status of new coronavirus vaccination by inoculation at university bases (PDF)

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