New pneumonia virus coverage expanded to Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Jan. 30, 4:49
Two men, a male driver in Nara and a female guide in Osaka, who were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, were excluded from the virus test because they had never traveled to Wuhan, Hubei, China. The Ministry of Labor has decided to expand the scope of inspections and other items in the future, stating that it is "reflecting that the scope was too narrow."
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is currently working to find patients with pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus at an early date. We request reports from medical institutions to public health centers and conduct virus tests.
However, a bus driver in Nara, confirmed on 28th, and a woman from an Osaka guide, confirmed on 29th, had never traveled to Wuhan and had no contact with patients with pneumonia. As a result, the system was excluded from reporting and inspection.
Of these, the guide woman consulted a medical institution for fever on the 20th of this month, and the health center was contacted directly by the woman on the 23rd, but the virus test was performed by a male driver who was on a bus It was 28 days when the infection became apparent.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said immediately that "it was a serious problem that the two people were excluded and that they were too narrow." It is expanding and we are considering a specific range.