Kashiwa City Community Newspaper 2022.03.15

Information regarding Covid-19

 

Information regarding Covid-19 vaccinations for children

Contact: Kashiwa City Covid-19 Vaccine Call Center

Phone: 7179-2313 or 7179-2663

Public Health Center, Health Promotion Division

Phone: 7128-7252, Fax: 7128-7253

 

Children’s vaccinations are voluntary

Children’s Covid-19 vaccinations will begin at medical facilities in the city, in cooperation with the Kashiwa City Medical Association and Pediatric Association. If you would like to have your child vaccinated, please refer to the Kashiwa City website for a list of medical facilities that can provide vaccinations, and for information regarding the appointment reservation process. After obtaining the necessary information, please make an appointment.

 

As for the advantage of getting vaccinated, if the child has an underlying disease or if he or she lives with a family member who has a high risk of becoming seriously ill such as an elderly person, vaccination can prevent the onset and aggravation of symptoms.

 

On the other hand, there is still a risk of infection even if you are vaccinated, and in rare cases, there is a possibility of severe side effects after the vaccination.

Please consider the advantages and disadvantages before getting vaccinated.

▲Access the Kashiwa City website here

 

If you have a fever or other symptoms

First of all, please call your regular doctor or the nearest medical facility for guidance.　If you are not sure which facility to call, please contact one of the following services.

▲A list of dedicated fever outpatient departments in the city is available here

▶Kashiwa City Medical Examination Guidance Center

Phone: 7167-6777, Fax: 7167-1732

Hours of operation: 9:00am to 5:00pm (excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays)

▶Chiba Prefecture Fever Consultation Call Center

Phone: 0570-200-139

Hours of operation: 24 hours a day

 

Support benefits will be paid to those who did not receive the “Temporary Special Benefits for Child-Raising Households”

Contact: Children’s Welfare Division – Phone: 7168-0586, Fax: 7162-1077

Regardless of whether or not you are raising a child who is 18 years of age or younger as of April 1, 2022, we will pay support benefits if your household is within an income limit, and you did not receive the Temporary Special Benefit for Child-Raising Households.

 

Eligibility

Caregivers such as those who received the special benefit as of September 2021, and later became the caregiver of another eligible child due to divorce, etc.

Excluding those who received the special benefit from the previous caregiver, or if the benefit is being used for the eligible child.

 

Benefit amount

　100,000 yen for each eligible child.

 

Application

By Thursday, April 28, complete an application form available at the Children’s Welfare Division (City Hall Annex, 3rd Floor), attach the required documents and mail it to 277-8505, Kashiwa City Hall Children’s Welfare Division (to be received by the deadline) or submit the application in person.

Application forms can also be downloaded from the Kashiwa City website.

Please visit the Kashiwa City website or contact us for more information on eligibility requirements, etc.

▲Access the Kashiwa City website here

 

Extension of the time period for regular and optional vaccinations

Contact: Public Health Center, Health Promotion Division – Phone: 7128-8166, Fax: 7164-1263

The vaccination period has been extended for those who could not get regular vaccinations such as measles, rubella and mixed (MR) due to the effects of Covid-19. The period for optional mumps vaccinations has also been extended.

Eligibility

Registered residents of Kashiwa City who were unable to get the applicable vaccinations within the vaccination period due to the effects of Covid-19.

 

Applicable vaccinations

①Regular vaccinations and ②optional vaccinations (mumps only) received on or after January 8, 2021

 

Vaccination deadline

Friday, March 31 of next year

Application

Prior to the vaccination, download an application from the city website. Complete the application and attach the necessary documents, and mail it to 277-0004 Kashiwa-Shita 65-1, Kashiwa City Public Health Center, Health Promotion Division (Wellness Kashiwa 3rd Floor), or submit it in person.

 

Other

If you have already received applicable vaccinations at your own expense, you can be reimbursed.

Submit the application for reimbursement ① = within one year of the vaccination date ② = within the same fiscal year as the vaccination.

For more information on the required documents, etc., please visit the city website or contact us.

 

Kashiwa Station City Hall Service Center will be open on Sundays

Contact: Kashiwa Station City Hall Service Center – Phone: 7168−5500

In order to relieve crowding during the busy season for moving in and moving out, the service counter will also be open on Sundays.

 

Schedule

Open on the following Sundays: March 20, March 27, April 3 and April 10.

8:30am to 5:00pm

 

Services available

Resident Transfer Registration (Moving-in Registration/Moving-out Registration), issuance of certificates (Resident Registration Certificate, Inkan Registration Certificate, Tax Certificate, etc.), inkan registration, submission of family register (marriage registration, birth registration, etc.), municipal tax payments, etc.

Please contact us for more information.

 

Distribution of Garbage Collection Calendars

Contact: Environmental Services Division – Phone: 7167-1139

Garbage Collection Calendars for the 2022 fiscal year will be distributed through neighborhood associations, self-governing associations, wards and residence management companies, etc. If you have not received your calendar by mid-March, please pick one up from any of the following locations.

 

Distribution locations

Environmental Services Division (Kashiwa City Hall, Main Building, 4th Floor), Shonan Branch (Shonan Building 1st Floor), Kashiwa Station City Hall Service Center, community centers and branch offices (calendars for the surrounding area only).