イオン、ワクチン接種会場に　全国２９０カ所、自治体に提供

　イオンが新型コロナウイルスのワクチン接種会場として、運営する商業施設を自治体に提供する方針を固めたことが１２日、分かった。「イオンモール」や「イオンタウン」など全国の大型商業施設約２９０カ所が対象。接種場所の確保が課題となっている自治体からの要望を受け貸し出す。
　イオンは、全国６００超の自治体と災害時に避難場所の提供などを行う防災協定を結んでいる。今回、複数の自治体からワクチン接種の場所提供の相談があり、貸し出しを決めた。
　このうち、神奈川県座間市とは「イオンモール座間」を有償で貸し出す方向で調整を進めている。施設内にワクチン保管用の冷凍庫などを置き、多目的ホールを接種会場、ラウンジを待機場所とする方針。提供中も商業施設の営業は継続する。（2021/02/12-20:53）

Major Japanese retailer Aeon Co. plans to let local governments use its shopping facilities across the country as venues for novel coronavirus vaccinations, it has been learned.
   Some 290 large facilities, such as Aeon Mall and Aeon Town shopping centers, will be offered to municipalities struggling to secure sites for inoculations, informed sources said.
   Aeon, which has agreements with over 600 municipalities around the country on the use of its facilities as evacuation centers in times of disasters, made the decision after being asked by multiple local governments about vaccination venues.
   Among the facilities, the retailer is planning to rent out its Aeon Mall Zama shopping center to the city of Zama in Kanagawa Prefecture, south of Tokyo, the sources said.
   The shopping mall's multipurpose hall will be used as an inoculation site and its lounge as a waiting area. The mall will be equipped with a freezer for storing coronavirus vaccines. The commercial facility will continue operations during the vaccination program, according to the sources.