Ehime outbreak hospital, newly confirmed infection by two new coronaviruses May 15th 17:30
Ehime Prefecture announced that two men and women, including employees in their twenties in Matsuyama City who work at this hospital, were newly confirmed to have been infected due to the outbreak of a new coronavirus at a hospital in Matsuyama City. Following the spread of the infection, the prefecture announced that a national "cluster response team" would be dispatched.
New infections were confirmed in Ehime Prefecture: male nursing staff in their 20s working in Maki Hospital in Matsuyama City and a family member of a staff member of this hospital who was previously confirmed to have another medical institution. Are two women in their thirties in Matsumae-cho who are working as nursing staff.
Since the 12th of this month, 20 people including staff, their families, and inpatients have been confirmed to have been infected with Maki Hospital. With this announcement, 22 people will be involved in a series of outbreaks.
In addition, all cases of infection in the hospital so far have occurred only on the second floor, but the male staff infected this time is working on the third floor.
Following this outbreak, Governor Nakamura of Ehime Prefecture indicated that he would test all staff and patients in hospitals where the outbreak occurred.
In addition, the prefecture announced to the hospital that a "cluster countermeasures group" of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will be dispatched to the hospital as well as providing guidance on infection prevention measures and for researchers to take measures to prevent the spread of infection.
In addition, the prefecture is investigating whether a colleague at work or a patient is a heavy contact person after a female nursing staff member at another medical institution was infected.