Japan begins a vaccination program to vaccinate 57,000 police and firefighters in Tokyo

The Japanese government in Tokyo launched its comprehensive program to vaccinate police and firefighters against the Corona virus today, Tuesday, as it will vaccinate about 57,000 personnel from the Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Fire Department, at the site of the former wholesale food market in Tsukiji in the Japanese capital.

About 57,000 personnel from the Metropolitan Police Department and the Tokyo Fire Department will be vaccinated first, followed by members of local fire brigades and judo teachers under the age of 65, and it is expected that up to 5,000 people per day will receive vaccinations at the scene, according to the Japan website.

In July, the mass vaccination site will move to Yoyogi Park in Shibuya, where the former site of Tsukiji Market is scheduled to be used as a base for transportation vehicles during this summer's Tokyo Olympics.

Municipalities conduct group and individual vaccinations in Tokyo, while the central government has set up a mass vaccination place inside a government building in the Otemachi business district of Chiyoda.

On the other hand, the Japanese newspaper "Japan Times" reported today, Tuesday, that the country is studying the issuance of passports for those vaccinated against the emerging corona virus "Covid-19", starting this summer, so that their owners will be able to travel abroad with ease.

The newspaper quoted well-informed sources within the Japanese government - unnamed - saying that with the increasing number of countries verifying the vaccination records of their visitors, as a border control measure, it is expected that the issuance of the "Corona Vaccine Passport" will facilitate the exit and travel of businessmen.

Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato heads a preparation team consisting of officials from the ministries of foreign affairs and health to examine this file and determine the date of vaccination and the manufacturer of the syringe given to be recorded in passports, which are likely to be paper at first, with the possibility of launching them as applications on smartphones in the future. According to these sources.