The Japan Private University Association has received an interview with Noriko Horiuchi, Minister of Vaccine, for the third inoculation of the new coronavirus vaccine, and requested further national financial support, the ability to return the vaccine, and the early distribution of vaccination tickets. did.
According to the private Dalian, the interview survey was handled by Kosaku Dairokuno, the president of Meiji University, from the side of the private Dalian.In addition to the Minister of Vaccine Horiuchi, the government was attended by deputy ministers such as the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, political officers, and persons in charge.
Managing Director Dairokuno explained the issues faced by private universities while introducing examples from Meiji University, and private Dalian heard opinions from large and medium-sized private universities in the Kanto and Kansai regions and reported on the summarized contents. ..
Among them, a large-scale private university in Kansai said, "We have given about 7 inoculations, but since there is no medical school or nursing department, we have to outsource everything except command and order, and the university is taken out. Consignment costs are high, such as hundreds of millions of yen. I want you to raise the amount of subsidy for occupational vaccination. "
A large-scale university in the Kanto region said, "The financial burden is heavy, and considering the possibility of medical accidents, the burden of implementation is too heavy for universities with little experience in medical care. It was sometimes difficult to collect vouchers at a later date." Another large university in the Kanto region has requested that "I would be grateful if I could return the surplus vaccine."
The number of newly infected people with the new coronavirus infection is increasing rapidly due to the explosive epidemic of the Omicron strain, but the government plans to proceed with additional vaccination at university bases as the third vaccination is effective.
