New pneumonia Virus test target expansion February 4, 4:27 due to infection, including people who have not traveled to Wuhan
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to expand the scope of the new coronavirus because it has been confirmed to be one after another from those who have been excluded from the target of the new coronavirus test, and will notify local governments and medical institutions as soon as four days.
Until now, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has reported a person suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus as having a fever of more than 37 degrees 5 minutes and symptoms of pneumonia,
定義 Defined as those who have traveled to Wuhan or have had contact with people in Wuhan with fever and respiratory symptoms within two weeks from the onset of the disease, and are subject to reports and virus tests. You.
But in the country,
た り If you have never traveled to Wuhan,
省 The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has been considering expanding the scope of the disease because of a series of infections in people whose history of contact with patients could not be clearly confirmed.
As a result,
▼ We decided that there was fever and respiratory symptoms more than 37 degrees 5 minutes, and excluded the symptoms of pneumonia from the condition.
further,
▼ About travel history, spread throughout Hubei Province,
▼ Contact history includes people who have been in contact with people who have stayed in Hubei Province.
If this is the case, the medical institution will report it to a health center and test for virus.
If confirmed as a patient, the prefectural governor can recommend that the patient be hospitalized, force him to be hospitalized, and instruct her to take a break from work for a certain period of time.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare plans to notify local governments and medical institutions of the new standards on the 4th.