Nursery Clusters in Japan Prompt Calls to Vaccinate Childcare Workers
The coronavirus vaccine rollout in Japan has been focusing on senior citizens. But recently there are growing calls for childcare givers to be offered priority inoculations.
Category: Disability
Coronavirus cluster found at Sapporo disability welfare facility office
The Sapporo metropolitan government announced that cluster was confirmed at a welfare service office for the disabled, where six people were infected, including four employees and two clients.
60 patients infected with coronavirus in Toyama, largest cluster found at facilities for the disabled
The social welfare corporation ‘Imizu Fukushi Kai’, which runs Imizu-en, a facility for those with mental disabilities in Toyama Prefecture’s Imizu City where a cluster of the new coronavirus has emerged, announced on the 23rd that a total of 60 users and employees had been infected in one day.
Toshima becomes the first Tokyo ward to adopt the ‘shikAI’ audio description App to aid visually impaired
In April, the app “shikAI” that supports the movement of visually impaired people about 200 meters between the exit of Tokyo Metro Higashi-Ikebukuro Station (Higashi-Ikebukuro 4) and the ward office (Minami-Ikebukuro 2) “started to provide voice route guidance.”
Vaccination Voucher for blind man sent without Braille, unable to reserve appointment for two weeks: “If you call me…”
While the vaccination program for elderly people aged 65 and over has started in Aizuwakamatsu City, Fukushima Prefecture, a blind man living alone in the city received an envelope containing a vaccination ticket without Braille markings, and it was revealed that he was unable to check the contents for two weeks.
Fifty Japanese companies join ‘The Valuable 500’ list that aims to boost disability inclusion in business
Fifty companies from Japan are participating, including Kao Corporation, Suntory Holdings Limited, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group Limited and the Tokyo headquarters of the Yomiuri Shimbun.
Kanagawa prefectural government reveals cases of abuse at care home for people with disabilities, residents locked in rooms and tied to wheelchairs for eight hours
According to the Kanagawa prefectural government, in February of this year, it was confirmed that twenty-two users of the Nakai Yamayurien facility for the disabled were physically restrained for more than eight hours, including being kept in locked rooms and tied to wheelchairs.
Paralympics chief tries to calm ‘anger’ over Tokyo Games
Speaking to AFP, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) president said stringent virus countermeasures will keep athletes and the Japanese public safe.
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare aims to make care facilities a ‘living place’ for people with disabilities
The Japanese government intends to make residential care facilities a form of “living place” and promote the transition of residents to the community and the use of private rooms.
Japan’s PM Suga Pledges Swift Vaccinations for Elderly
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged Monday to speed up the vaccination of the country’s elderly population against the novel coronavirus, which began in earnest on the day.
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