Saitama City 14 new infections confirmed New coronavirus April 15 20:52
Saitama City announced that 14 men and women in their 20s to 70s, including one female nurse in their 20s at Saitama City Hospital, were newly infected with the new coronavirus. Since 9 out of 14 people do not know the route of infection, Saitama City is investigating their behavior history and rich contacts.
According to Saitama City, a female nurse who was found to be infected was working at the ICU of Saitama Municipal Hospital and had a taste disorder, so she was tested on the 13th, and the infection was confirmed.
Saitama City Hospital is a designated medical institution for infectious diseases, and there are 13 patients with new coronavirus, but the nurses have no contact with these patients and do not know the route of infection at this time. .
Female nurses haven't been to work since the symptom appeared, but at the hospital, 21 ICU colleagues who had a history of contact with female nurses waited at home just in case, and had 3 patients. We will also conduct an inspection.
On the other hand, for ICU, we will continue to replenish nurses from another ward, reduce the scale and continue treatment, and in Saitama City, "I do not want to have a big impact on the acceptance of emergency patients." I am. Now there are 470 infected people in Saitama prefecture.