Suspected infection Free consultation with a doctor online Isumi Chiba Feb 29 at 5:03

Isumi City, Chiba Prefecture, has begun an initiative that allows people suspected of being infected with the new coronavirus to consult a doctor online for free.

This began with citizens trying to prevent Isumi City from spreading the new coronavirus at medical institutions.

If you suspect infection, you can consult a doctor online using a computer or smartphone with a camera while at home. Consultation is provided by doctors of two medical institutions, the internal medicine and pediatrics, in the city, and advance reservations are required. However, once the fee of 2,000 yen is paid once by credit card and applied, the whole amount will be subsidized by the city. Is supposed to be

Although it is not possible to diagnose the name of the disease or prescribe any medicine, Isumi City says that both doctors and patients have the merit of preventing infection, because they can be referred to a medical institution if they are suspected of being infected. I hope that people who are uneasy should take advantage of it. "