New type pneumonia Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Strengthens domestic inspection system January 24, 16:25
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says that the number of Chinese tourists coming to Japan will increase more than usual due to the long holidays following the Chinese New Year `` Spring Festival '' started on the 24th, and in addition to border measures, strengthening the domestic inspection system and expanding the infection We are working on prevention.
To be specific, tests to check for new coronavirus infections were initially not made unless diagnosed as `` severe '' by a medical institution, even if they had traveled to Wuhan at first, but since 15th of this month If there is a fever of 7 degrees 5 minutes or more and signs of pneumonia, it will be examined.
In addition to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in Tokyo, the system has been set up so that it can be tested at 83 regional health laboratories nationwide.
In this case, the two cases that were confirmed to be infected in Japan this time were not found any abnormalities such as fever during quarantine at the time of entry into Japan, so the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare worked to identify infected persons through domestic tests and expanded the infection. We will lead to subsequent actions to prevent.