Confirmation of infection by five detainees at the Metropolitan Police Department Shibuya Station To close the detention center April 18 19:23
In the detention center of the Shibuya police station of the Metropolitan Police Department, two people who had been detained until now were infected with the new coronavirus, but it was found that five people who were newly detained on the 18th were infected. . The Metropolitan Police Department will close the detention center and disinfect it by the beginning of the week to prevent the spread of infection.
According to the Metropolitan Police Department, five men in their 20s and 60s who had been detained in the detention center of the Shibuya police station were infected with the new coronavirus.
At this detention center, infections were confirmed in two detainees on the 8th and 12th of this month, but since the route of infection was unknown, the detainees and police involved in the detention work on the 16th. When a PCR test was conducted on a total of about 50 staff members, 5 new infections were confirmed on the 18th.
The Metropolitan Police Department has decided that four of the five will be transferred to another detention center and the remaining one will have been released, and will notify the person through the public health center.
In addition, in order to prevent further spread of infection in the detention center, people who are currently detained at the beginning of the week will be moved to another detention center, closed, and disinfected under the guidance of the public health center.
It is said that 11 police officers who were contacted inside the police due to this infection were on standby at home.
The Metropolitan Police Department said, "We do not know the cause of the infection, but we take it seriously that we have sent out seven infected people. Closing the detention center is probably unprecedented except for building renovation. I want to prevent the spread of infection. "