東京ドームでワクチン接種　巨人オーナー、菅首相に報告

　菅義偉首相は２３日、プロ野球巨人の山口寿一オーナー（読売新聞グループ本社社長）と首相公邸で面会した。山口氏は東京ドーム（東京都文京区）を新型コロナウイルスのワクチン接種会場に無償で提供すると報告。首相は「良いことなので、ぜひ進めてください」と歓迎した。
　山口氏は面会後、記者団に「東京都文京、新宿両区の接種をお手伝いする」と説明。同氏によると、両区で高齢者接種が終わった後、８月から一般接種を始める計画という。６月末にも予約受け付けを開始し、１日の接種目標は少なくとも１０００人を見込む。接種会場は球場内のコンコースに設置し、試合のある日は選手の練習を見学できるよう検討する。（2021/05/23-19:58）

Yomiuri Giants owner Toshikazu Yamaguchi has proposed that Tokyo Dome, the home field for the Japanese professional baseball team, be used for free as a venue for novel coronavirus vaccinations.
   Yamaguchi, also president of major newspaper publisher Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings, reported the plan to Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga on Sunday. Suga welcomed the plan, saying, "It's a good idea, so I want you to move ahead with it."
   "We want to support the vaccination drives of Bunkyo and Shinjuku wards in Tokyo," Yamaguchi told reporters after the meeting, which was held at the prime minister's official residence in Chiyoda Ward in the Japanese capital. Shinjuku Ward neighbors Bunkyo Ward, where the baseball stadium is located.
   Inoculations at the ballpark are planned to start in August, targeting general citizens aged up to 64, after the vaccinations of people aged 65 or over, the second priority group after medical workers in Japan's novel coronavirus vaccination program, end in Bunkyo and Shinjuku wards, according to Yamaguchi.
   Reservations are planned to be accepted from late June, Yamaguchi said, adding that he hopes at least 1,000 people will get inoculated at Tokyo Dome a day. "Emergencies can be largely dealt with because the ballpark has a medical office," Yamaguchi said.