Part-time physician at Tokyo Ebara Hospital Confirmation of infection March 30 20:30
A 30-year-old male doctor working part-time at the Ebara Hospital in Ota Ward, managed by the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Health Corporation, was confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Health Corporation, this male doctor is a part-time doctor and conducts outpatient care at Ebara Hospital in Ota Ward once a week. , The infection was confirmed on the 29th.
The male doctor had an outpatient clinic on the 16th and 23rd of this month, but when he was wearing a mask and had symptoms such as fever, he was not working at this hospital.
Also, six staff members and twelve patients who had contact with the male physician had no symptoms such as fever so far, and no one was determined to be a close contact.
Hospitals say they are taking measures to prevent infection, such as increasing the frequency of disinfection in hospitals, and will continue regular medical treatment in the future.
It is said that this male doctor usually works at Eisai General Hospital in Taito Ward, where hospital infection is suspected, but the route of infection is not known by the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Health Corporation.