From April 1, 2013, the target age for BCG vaccination was changed from "up to 6 months after birth" to "up to the day before the 1st birthday", and the standard vaccination age is "from 5 months to 8 years old". less than a month." With this change, We changed to individual inoculation in implementation medical institution.
Pre-examination vote is sent to target person at the end of the month before becoming five months after birth.

Target person

Until "the day before the first birthday after birth" (standard vaccination age "from 5 months to less than 8 months")

If you have lost your health checkup slip or if your child has moved to Meguro Ward and has not been vaccinated, you can apply for issuance of a health checkup slip online here.
Electronic application (Tokyo joint electronic application/notification service)

cost of vaccination

If you use the pre-examination slip sent to you and vaccinate within the period of the legal vaccination age (until the day before your 1st birthday), it is free of charge. However, you will be charged a fee if you get vaccinated outside the designated medical institution or if you get vaccinated outside the legal vaccination age.

Where to get vaccinated

Please inoculate at a contracted medical institution in the city. Meguro Ward Preliminary Examination Cards can also be used at contracted medical institutions in 22 wards other than Meguro Ward. Please confirm in advance that the medical institution where you plan to receive the vaccination is a contracted medical institution in the ward where you live. For a list of medical institutions in Meguro Ward, please see the " Children's Vaccinations " page.

Precautions after BCG vaccination

Do not touch or put clothing on the BCG vaccination site until it dries naturally.

1. After the vaccination, you may take a bath as long as the vaccination site has been thoroughly dried, but do not rub or scratch the vaccination site.
2. Approximately 10 days after vaccination, red, spotty swelling may occur, and small pus may form in some areas. The symptoms are most intense 4 weeks after vaccination, but after that they become scabs, and after 3 to 4 months the scabs fall off and clear up. Do not rub or scratch when there are red bumps.
3. As a side reaction, the lymph nodes under the armpit on the inoculated side may rarely swell. Normally, you can leave it alone and see how it goes, but sometimes it may swell, swell up, or in rare cases, suppurate and spontaneously burst and bleed. In such cases, please consult your doctor.
4. If your child has tuberculosis, the above reactions may occur if BCG is given within 10 days after the vaccination. This is called the Koch phenomenon. If you have a reaction that seems to be Koch's phenomenon, please contact the medical institution where you received the vaccination.
5. Physicians who have diagnosed (suspected) Koch phenomenon should report to the ward with the consent of their guardians using the "Report of Suspected Koch Phenomenon". Also, please take a tuberculin reaction test and report the results to the ward using the "Koch Phenomenon Case Report".

Information on how to notify Meguro Ward about routine immunizations for children and how to inoculate.

This is the page of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.