A sense of crisis is felt in the towns and villages of Tokyo Island.
As the spread of the new coronavirus continues to spread in Tokyo, the islands of the Izu Islands and the Ogasawara Islands, which do not have sufficient medical care, are raising a sense of crisis. All municipalities in Tokyo's "Island Club" are demanding that they refrain from unnecessary and urgent Kurushima.
The people who ask the island visitors to restrain themselves are the eight towns and villages in the Izu Islands, such as Izu Oshima, Kozushima, and Hachijojima, as well as all the islands in Tokyo, such as the Ogasawara Village in the Ogasawara Islands. Is a local government.
According to Tokyo, as of the morning of the 8th, no new coronavirus has been infected in the islands, but local governments are calling for self-restraint on Kurushima on its website.
Among them, Kozushima Village said, "I want everyone to realize that there is no guarantee that you are not infected. You must avoid becoming an" inland cluster. " The feeling is revealed.
Niijima-mura also said, "Everyone, please come to Niijima and Shikinejima. This is the usual request, but this time it is different. Please refrain from traveling. If you are not in good physical condition, please do not come Please, please. "
Behind the call for self-restraint in the “Island Islands” where tourism is a major source of income, concerns are being raised about the spread of infections by people visiting islands with weak medical systems.
According to Oshima Town, only one clinic on the island cannot perform PCR tests even if there is a suspicion of infection, so it is necessary to request a helicopter from the fire department and transport it to a designated hospital in Tokyo. There is not enough medical system.
In the “Island area”, the proportion of elderly people who live in a small area is large, so each municipality will experience an explosive spread of infection if even one is infected, and the number of seriously ill patients will increase. I am raising a sense of crisis.
Deputy Mayor Tachibana Oshima-cho "There was a serious pain and there was a cautious argument"
`` As an sightseeing spot Oshima, requesting self-restraint during certain long holidays was a very painful and cautious argument, '' said Deputy Mayor Takehiro Tachibana of Oshima-cho, who requested self-restraining of unnecessary and urgent Kurushima. However, due to the high aging rate of the islands, we decided to stay in line with other islands in order to take the best possible measures, putting health first, and the spread of infection was arbitrarily terminated by next month. I would like to have many tourists come and enjoy it in the summer season. "