Expert "Reflecting the latest information in the guidelines for unknown infectious diseases" 19:20, July 14
Due to the problem of a new coronavirus outbreak during a stage performance at a theater in Shinjuku, Tokyo, industry group guidelines indicate that you should have a fever of 37 degrees and 5 minutes or more as a guideline for waiting at home, and other symptoms. Some things are mentioned.
Regarding this, Professor Atsuro Hamada of Tokyo Medical University, who is familiar with infectious diseases, said, "The 37 degrees and 5 minutes standard was used at the time of the outbreak of the new influenza and at the beginning of the new coronavirus epidemic, and fever so much. It has not been used since it was discovered that it could infect other people without it."
In addition, “For new unknown infectious diseases such as new coronavirus, the mechanism of infection and the way of countermeasures are updated every day. When industry groups and companies make guidelines for infectious disease countermeasures, new information is constantly updated. We need to continue to do so and reflect that in the content of our measures."
On the other hand, before the government's "Go To Campaign" started on 22nd of this month, there is a movement to consider a preliminary antibody test in Osaka City, saying, "Antibody test is a certain group in the past. It's only used for epidemiological investigations to see if someone has been infected. It's not a common test to determine if you're infected at the time of the test."