Hotel in Yokohama accepting the new type corona mild person Published to the media Press April 19 19:42
In order to prevent medical collapse due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, the inside of the hotel in Yokohama City where Kanagawa Prefecture accepts mildly infected people from 20th has been opened to the press.
In order to prevent medical disruption in Kanagawa prefecture, depending on the patient's condition, severely ill people should be treated at advanced medical institutions, and moderately ill patients who need oxygen administration should be intensively treated at priority medical institutions. Asymptomatic people are developing their own system of medical treatment at hotels and accommodation facilities.
The inside of the hotel "Apa Hotel & Resort Yokohama Bay Tower" in Naka-ku, Yokohama, which accepts mild and asymptomatic infected people from the 20th, was opened to the press on the 19th.
The hotel has 2300 rooms, and "zoning" measures are taken to separate the floor for medical treatment and the floor for prefecture staff to prevent the spread of infection.
Infected people are supposed to live only on the floor where they stay, and when using the elevator, if you accidentally try to get off on another floor, a blue sheet will be put up in the passage leading to the guest room and you will not be able to enter. I am doing it.
In the daytime, nurses will be stationed at all times, and during the night hours, prefectural staff members and SDF personnel who request disaster dispatch from the prefecture will be on standby to prepare for the deterioration of physical condition.
The prefecture has already started accepting 100 rooms of accommodation facilities in Hayama-cho operated by the third sector, and has secured a total of 2400 rooms.
Kentaro Yamaguchi, director of Kanagawa Prefecture, said, "We have made thorough preparations and there is no problem in accepting it. I would like to respond carefully to the anxiety of those who receive medical treatment."
Life in the hotel
There are 2300 hotels in the prefecture that accept infected people who are mild or asymptomatic, and the prefecture rents them.
Towels and sheets used in the guest room are not changed, and toilet paper etc. are extra, but it is basically to bring clothes, toothbrushes and other daily necessities, and to do laundry in the room. .
In principle, it is not allowed to be inserted by family members. Meals are to be taken three times a day at the catering area provided on each floor.
There is no cost associated with staying for those who are receiving medical treatment.