One person killed by being infected with the new coronavirus. First worker accident certification. Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare July 17, 15:16.
For the first time, a person who was infected with the new coronavirus and died was recognized as an industrial accident. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has declared that one person in the wholesale and retail industry has been killed due to work-related illness and has died, and eight of the other applications have died.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, by the 15th, 667 people had applied for work accidents because they had been infected with the new coronavirus due to work, and 130 of them were certified as work accidents.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare had not previously disclosed whether deaths were included, but it has revealed that one of the certified individuals has died in wholesale and retail trade.
This is the first time that a person was infected with a virus and died because he was certified as a result of a survey while he was on a business trip abroad, and was certified as an industrial accident.
Also, in addition to this, 8 applicants have died, and by industry type, there are 2 caregivers, 2 in the construction industry, 2 in the real estate industry, and 2 in the service industry. I am.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has a policy of certifying workers' accidents when they are infected with the new coronavirus.As a general rule, people engaged in medical care and nursing care are recognized as workers' accidents. We are admitting that there is a high possibility that we have been infected by and are calling for an active application.