April 1, 2022
To Students, Faculty and Staff Members:
Risk Management Headquarters
(for COVID-19 Infection Control)
University of the Ryukyus
We would like to announce you that the University has been preparing for the mass COVID-19 booster vaccination at the University, in order to reduce the burden of the community for COVID-19 vaccination and speed it up.
The following is the plan (draft) we have been currently making. The detailed information will be announced as soon as it is finalized.
〇 Vaccination at the University [current plan]
1. Period:
From late May to mid-June
※ Online vaccination appointment is planned.
(Scheduling vaccination appointment method will be announced as soon as it is finalized.)
2. Place: Zenhoren Station (University Hall), Senbaru Campus
3. Eligibility: The students, faculty and staff members who wish to receive the booster vaccines 7 months after completing the second dose during the above implementation period
(including part-time staff, entrusting parties, dispatched employees etc.)
Note 1: Information about workplace vaccinations (website [in Japanese] of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)
https://www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/vaccine_shokuiki.html
Note 2: For the booster vaccination, those who received their first and second doses with Pfizer or AstraZeneca may still receive the booster of Takeda/Moderna. (website [in Japanese] of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)】
https://www.cov19-vaccine.mhlw.go.jp/qa/0100.html
【Reference 1: What we would like all the residents in Japan to know about vaccination -Booster shot- 【The Cabinet Public Affairs Office and Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare】Information about workplace vaccinations (website [in Japanese] of the Cabinet Public Affairs Office)
https://www.kantei.go.jp/jp/content/000100076.pdf
【Reference 2: About vaccinations (website [in Japanese] the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)】
[in Japanese] https://v-sys.mhlw.go.jp/about/
[in plain Japanese] https://v-sys.mhlw.go.jp/ja-pl/about
【Reference 3: Effectiveness and safety of the vaccine (Takeda/Moderna) to be used for workplace vaccinations (website [in Japanese] of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)】
https:/www.mhlw.go.jp/stf/seisakunitsuite/bunya/vaccine_moderna.html
【Reference 4: Q & A of Booster vaccines (Q & A in the website [in Japanese] of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare)】
https://www.cov19-vaccine.mhlw.go.jp/qa/booster/
