Prevention of the spread of the new influenza infection Training at Yokohama Port January 20 18:02
With pneumonia likely to be caused by the new coronavirus in China, thorough measures against watersheds are required, and quarantine stations and other facilities conducted training at the port of Yokohama, where many cruise ships enter, to confirm how to deal with cases of patients.
Approximately 100 people from related organizations including the Yokohama Quarantine Station of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the Coast Guard Department, and the police participated in the training conducted at Yokohama Port.
The training on the 20th was conducted on the assumption that a new influenza patient appeared on a large cruise ship that arrived from abroad, and quarantine station officials and doctors covered them with special sheets on the ship to prevent the spread of the infection. , Promptly confirmed the procedure for transportation to the hospital.
Also, for other passengers trying to get off the ship, there is a possibility that they are infected with the virus, so we measure the temperature of the body surface by taking a picture with a special camera called a thermography camera and generate high heat. Training was also provided to check for suspicions and to collect specimens from suspicious individuals.
Pneumonia, which is thought to be caused by a new type of coronavirus, has spread in China, and in Japan, it was just confirmed last week that a man in Kanagawa Prefecture was infected, and participants took seriously each step of the procedure. Was.
Jun Kitazawa, director of the Yokohama Quarantine Station, said, "We would like to cooperate with related organizations even for viruses with little information, such as the new coronavirus, and thoroughly implement border measures."