東京都世田谷区で高齢者に３回目接種　新型コロナワクチン

　東京都世田谷区は７日、６５歳以上の一般高齢者を対象とした新型コロナウイルスワクチンの３回目接種を始めた。各地で広がる変異株「オミクロン株」への対応を急ぐため、２回受けた約１７万５０００人の高齢者のうち１３万人について、２月末までに３回目の接種を終える計画だ。
　区の集団接種会場で３回目を受けた会社役員の宍戸啓昭さん（７６）は「感染者が増えているので一日も早く打ちたかった。安心した」と話した。区の担当者はオミクロン株の影響を踏まえ、「今後は高齢者だけでなく、全体的な前倒しが必要になるのでは」と指摘している。
　都内では、練馬区で一般高齢者への３回目接種を既に開始。１月中は、墨田などの各区も順次始める。（2022/01/07-12:24）

Tokyo's Setagaya Ward started giving third COVID-19 vaccine shots to residents aged 65 or over Friday, at a time when the highly contagious omicron variant of the novel coronavirus is spreading in many parts of Japan.
   The ward office plans to administer by the end of February the booster shots to 130,000 out of some 175,000 elderly residents who have received their second shots.
   "I wanted to get (my third short) as soon as possible because the number of infection cases has been increasing. I'm now relieved," said Hiroaki Shishido, a 76-year-old company executive, who received the extra shot at a mass vaccination venue set up by the ward.
   Due to the spread of omicron, "it may become necessary for us to move up the administration of booster shots to not only the elderly but also younger generations," a ward official said.
   Elsewhere in Tokyo, Nerima Ward began to give COVID-19 booster shots to the elderly ahead of Setagaya. Other wards, including Sumida, will follow suit later this month.