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...