Tokyo Ebara Hospital A nurse in the new corona ward was infected by one nurse 20:16 on May 22
Ebara Hospital in Ota Ward, operated by the Tokyo Metropolitan Public Health Insurance Company, announced that it was confirmed that one nurse who was nursing a new coronavirus patient was infected.
According to the hospital, a female nurse in her thirties was working in a dedicated ward for new coronavirus patients.
He said he was always using medical gowns and masks, but the hospital cannot rule out the possibility of infection in the ward.
However, according to the investigations so far, it is not known where the infection occurred.
According to the Tokyo Metropolitan Government, this is the first time that the infection of a medical worker working in a hospital dedicated to a new coronavirus patient has been confirmed at the metropolitan and public hospitals.
At the EBARA Hospital, there is no symptom for the staff members who were in contact with this nurse, and it is said that they will continue to treat as usual, assuming that they are performing infection control in the hospital.