Hospital in Koganei, Tokyo Confirmation of infection of 15 new patients and 15 employees June 2 16:09

At a hospital in Koganei, Tokyo, where it was confirmed that 16 inpatients and staff were infected with the new coronavirus, a total of 15 new patients and staff were confirmed infected.

At Musashino Central Hospital in Koganei, Tokyo, between the 21st and the 29th of the previous month, 12 inpatients and 4 staff in a psychiatric closed ward, which had been hospitalized for more than 60 people, were infected with the new coronavirus. Obviously, it is considered to be the first cluster in Tokyo after the cancellation of the "emergency declaration".

According to the hospital, PCR tests targeting all inpatients and staff in this ward confirmed that 12 new patients and 3 staff were infected by 2 days.

The hospital confirmed a total of 31 infected people.

Acceptance of outpatients and new hospitalizations for the first visit has been suspended, and the hospital is trying to prevent further spread of infection with the support of the public health center in Tokyo and the cluster countermeasure group of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.