One-quarter of influenza dead to Tokyo's 23 wards Corona measures, etc.
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From winter last year to spring this year, the number of deaths from influenza reported from Tokyo's 23 wards was 65, one-quarter of the previous season. Experts have pointed out that measures such as flight infections against the new coronavirus may have been linked to the influenza epidemic.
Health centers in 21 major cities across the country, such as Tokyo, report to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases the number of deaths for which "influenza" or "pneumonia" was noted on the death certificate for four months from winter to spring.
Of the 23 wards in Tokyo, NHK interviewed that the total number of people reported to be the number of influenza deaths from all health centers in the 23 wards during the four months until April this year was 65. I understand.
In the last four months until April last year, the total number of health centers in 16 wards that received reports was 246, and this season has decreased by at least a quarter compared to last season. It was
On the other hand, the total number of pneumonia in the 23 wards this year was 4,147, which was more than 1,000 more than in the last season when seven wards did not report.
"It is clear that the influenza epidemic was small, and it may have been related to measures against epidemic infection against the new coronavirus," said the director of the clinical research department, Kiyoshu Taniguchi, of the National Hospital Organization Mie Hospital, who is familiar with infectious diseases. ..