Denny in the News: 31 August 2021

 Large-scale vaccination age lowered to 12 and above, twenties and thirties prioritized

On 30 August, Okinawa Governor Denny Tamaki held a press  conference at the Prefectural Office. He announced he was lowering the current age for vaccinations from 18 to 12, to target ages for the American Moderna vaccine used at the large-scale Covid-19 vaccination centers. This response was to be in accord with the national lowering of the target age.


Governor Tamaki noted, “I want to get everybody vaccinated as soon as possible and this vaccine  will be  key in the fight against the virus.” In order to increase the speed of vaccinations, he will begin priority vaccinations for those in their twenties and thirties with a vaccination ticket, even without reservations. Vaccinations of the newly targeted young people will be done at the large scale vaccination centers at the Prefectural Budokan (martial arts center) in Naha, the Okinawa Convention Center in Ginowan, and Naha Cruise Terminal in Naha, 


The Budokan and Convention Center will begin accepting reservations at 10 in the morning on 31 August, with vaccinations from 1 September. The Cruise Terminal will begin accepting reservations from 1 September, with vaccinations from 6 September. Those between 12 and 15 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian. A vaccination ticket and personal identification are also required. No vaccination can be given to anyone over 12 without a vaccination ticket issued by the municipality where they live. Priority vaccinations will begin targeting those in their twenties and thirties who live in the prefecture at the Budokan and Convention Center. Even without prior registration, vaccinations can be given to those with a vaccination ticket and personal identification. After 8 September, vaccinations will start on the conditions noted above on a first come first served basis  for the first 100 people on Wednesday and Saturday afternoon at 3 and again at 6 p.m. The same day at the venues, queue tickets will be distributed at 2:30 and 5:30 p.m.


Governor Tamaki explained “I’ve received word of an increase” in Okinawa’s quota of the Moderna vaccine from Tokyo.” With that increase, the Prefecture can broaden the scope of center vaccinations. He also made clear that, at the Budokan, where vaccinations had been halted on 28 and 29 August because of foreign matter mixed into the Moderna vaccine, vaccinations had resumed on 30 August.


With the Convention Center and Budokan taken as one venue, 4,500 shots per week will increase to as much as 7,700. On weekdays it will go from 500 per day to as much as 1400, and on weekends from 1,000 to 1,400 per day. The Moderna vaccine will be rolled out at the Cruise Terminal on 6 September with weekly vaccinations projected to increase from 3,500 to 15,000.


Original Japanese article: Okinawa Times, published Tuesday 31 August 2021 at 07:51

https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/97af3ca2d7e02e43729140e9cd74ec2304e37053



Translator’s Notes

  1. Denny in the News: news about Okinawan Governor Denny Tamaki.

Denny Tamaki is the governor of Okinawa Prefecture in Japan. Although Okinawa is important as an international tourist destination and a key element in strategic US Military Forces, its governor receives very little coverage in the Japanese press and almost none in the English language media. 


  1. This blog hopes to  translate one news article a day on the governor.  It is unsponsored and unauthorized. The translator simply hopes to improve his skills and perhaps give the governor an English speaking audience. Any suggestion on improving the translation will be gratefully accepted. However, please leave political comments for another forum.


  1. Where they occur, words and phrases in Ryukyuan (the Okinawan language) are rendered in italics and translated in parentheses. Names  whose readings are uncertain are rendered as Name (=Kanji?) as in Nagayuki (=長行?). Any corrections in such instances would be of great help.

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