97% of surveyed major Japanese companies plan workplace COVID vaccinations
20 June, 2021
About 97 percent of 116 major Japanese companies responding to a survey have said they plan to conduct workplace COVID-19 vaccinations, covering at least 2 million people.
The results of the Kyodo News survey, released Saturday, also showed that 59 percent of the firms either plan or have previously made a decision to allow employees to get a "vaccination holiday" on your day of inoculation or the following day if indeed they suffer side effects.
As Japan looks to increase the pace of its daily COVID-19 shots and expand eligibility to younger people, the federal government unveiled a plan earlier this month to allow companies and universities to get started on launching their own inoculation programs from Monday.
The survey covered 127 major companies, which 116 responded. Currently, entities likely to vaccinate a lot more than 1,000 persons are permitted to give on-site inoculations in Japan, where 99.7 percent of companies are small or medium-sized and one of the primary challenges is always to address immunization disparities.
The 112 companies likely to conduct vaccinations include cosmetics maker Shiseido Co, trading house Marubeni Corp, and investment and technology conglomerate SoftBank Group Corp, which said it'll vaccinate about 150,000 people, including family members of their workers.
In the survey, completed between June 4 and June 16, 39 companies said that they had already set a starting day, with 28 of these such as camera maker Canon Inc and Central Japan Railway Co beginning their programs on Monday. In regards to a third of the responding organizations said they have rough timelines.
For the venues, with multiple answers allowed, 72 companies chose their headquarters, 47 selected branch offices and 24 picked factories.
It found that 69 companies, including electronics conglomerate Toshiba Corp and sportswear maker Asics Corp, will introduce the new holiday, while 19 said they come to mind about post-vaccination adverse reactions.
Beverage maker Suntory Holdings Ltd said it will cooperate with neighboring medical institutions. Osaka Gas Co said it'll set different vaccination days for employees employed in the same section.
Japan's COVID-19 vaccination rollout, which were only available in February and has been criticized as sluggish, has been picking right up steam as state-run mass vaccination centers also expanded inoculations to persons aged between 18 and 64 to complete vacant slots.
Source: japantoday.com
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