Investigation of Oita Medical Center patient's transfer destination after infection is also on March 21 at 19:12
Oita Prefecture announced that it was confirmed that men in their 80s who had been hospitalized until this month at 17th at Oita Medical Center in Oita City where infection with the new coronavirus has been confirmed one after another. Did.
Since the man had been hospitalized in another hospital, Oita Prefecture will continue to investigate whether the center and the people involved in this hospital are infected.
At the Oita Medical Center in Oita City, it was found that seven people, including doctors, nurses and patients, were infected one after another by the 20th.
In response to this, in Oita Prefecture and Oita City, a 19-year-old man who was hospitalized at the center after examining 19 people including the family of the infected person and the staff of the center from the morning of 21st Was found to be newly infected.
Governor Hirose of Oita Prefecture said at a press conference on January 21 that "we must consider that a cluster infection has occurred at the Oita Medical Center. The situation has reached a severe stage, but we will steadily take action," said the spread of infection Showed that he would do his best to prevent this.
A newly infected man in his 80s was reported to have developed fever after moving from the center to a prefectural hospital in Oita City on 17th of this month.
In addition, another 80s man who was infected on the 20th also developed pneumonia at the hospital where he was transferred, so Oita Prefecture will investigate whether these hospital personnel are infected. I'm going to.