Aomori New Coronavirus April 1 13:09
Last month, a report was sent to a regional federation of local governments in the Tsugaru district that manages medical records that an electronic medical record of a man in his 20s who was infected with a new type of coronavirus in Aomori Prefecture was leaked on SNS. And the Wide Area Coalition is investigating in detail.
Aomori Prefecture on Tuesday announced that it was confirmed that a man in his 20s who had returned home to his parents' home within the jurisdiction of the Goshogawara Public Health Center in the Tsugaru region was infected with the new coronavirus.
The man consulted an infectious disease designated medical institution in Goshogawara city and received a virus test.On the 31st, a local newspaper published a report from a local newspaper in the northwestern five regional association that operates this medical institution. The medical record has been leaked through the communication application "LINE". "
According to the Wide Area Coalition, images taken of electronic medical records appear to have been leaked, and the electronic medical records indicated the symptoms and travel routes of men announced by the prefecture.
Electronic medical records can be viewed by doctors and nurses at five hospitals operated by the Regional Coalition, and if they are viewed regardless of work, they will be subject to disciplinary action.
The Wide Area Federation will check the browsing history and investigate it in detail.
"I would like to proceed with the investigation, because if there was a spill, we should not do so," said Secretary-General Norihiro Nakatani of the Tsuruga Northeast Five Regional Association.