Outbreak of hospitals Investigation by doctors at public health centers Ikuno-ku, Osaka New corona April 19 23:51
A hospital in Ikuno Ward, Osaka, where a new type of coronavirus outbreak is believed to have occurred in a hospital, is being investigated by doctors and infectious disease specialists at a public health center on the afternoon of the 19th to investigate the situation of nosocomial infection. .
According to Osaka Prefecture, etc., at the Namihaya Rehabilitation Hospital in Ikuno-ku, Osaka, infections of at least 46 people have been reported so far, including 42 confirmed infections by medical staff and patients on the 18th. I will.
Osaka Prefecture believes that a mass infection occurred in the hospital, and doctors and specialists of infectious diseases at the Osaka City Public Health Center entered the hospital on the afternoon of the 19th to investigate the situation of nosocomial infection.
The hospital has stopped accepting new hospitalizations since the 15th of this month, when the infection of the staff was first confirmed, and also stopped the outpatient treatment from the 18th.