Saitama Prefecture Establishing beds in four stages according to the infection situation New plan announcement New corona July 14 18:18

While infection with the new coronavirus continues to spread, Governor Ono of Saitama Prefecture announced a new plan to secure beds in four stages according to the number of hospitalized patients.

This plan was compiled by Saitama Prefecture in order to secure beds for the so-called second wave, and was announced by Governor Ohno at a conference on the 14th.

According to this, the number of beds to be secured according to the status of infection is divided into four stages, from 140 beds to a maximum of 1400 beds, of which 20 to a maximum of 200 beds are for severely ill patients.

In addition, the number of hospitalized patients and the bed usage rate of critically ill patients will be set as new standards.If the standards are reached, an alert will be issued to medical institutions in advance to request preparations and the number of beds to be secured will be increased. is.

The prefecture wants to prepare for the increase in infected people based on the new plan.

Regarding the government's "Go To Campaign" that starts on 22nd of this month, "I have a hope that tourists have expectations, and I agree with them. We will give priority to measures against infectious diseases, and first of all, It is important to have a system for sightseeing inside," he said, saying that he should proceed while taking measures.