Request manufacturers to give priority to masks to medical institutions, etc.Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare Feb. 29, 10:04
With the lack of medical masks due to the spread of the new coronavirus, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has requested manufacturers and sales companies to supply masks to medical institutions with priority and hastened to respond.
With the spread of the new coronavirus, doctors and nurses have become infected, and measures are needed at medical institutions to prevent "nosocomial infections."
On the other hand, there is a continuing shortage of medical masks such as "surgical masks" to be used when examining patients, and securing them is a major issue.
For this reason, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has requested manufacturers and sales companies through industry groups to supply masks to medical institutions and other facilities in response to requests from local governments.
We will supply medical institutions with designated infectious disease designated medical institutions, outpatient counters for those suspected to be infected with "returnees / contact outpatients", and prefectures that accept infected people. .
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has requested that medical supplies be supplied to medical institutions from stockpiles of prefectures when medical masks are not enough.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says, "We want to address the shortage of masks as soon as possible."