10 people were infected in a nursing home in Setagaya-ku, Tokyo at 21:32 on August 2
Setagaya Ward, Tokyo, has announced that 10 residents in their 70s to 90s have been confirmed to have been infected with the new coronavirus at a nursing home for the elderly. The ward believes that a cluster of infected people = "cluster" has occurred, and is proceeding with confirmation of concentrated contacts.
According to Setagaya Ward, a special elderly nursing home with less than 100 residents in the ward tested the two residents who had a fever symptom at the end of last month at the end of last month. Infection was confirmed.
For this reason, when 36 people living on the same floor were tested, 8 new infections in their 70s to 90s were confirmed.
No personnel have been infected so far.
Depending on the ward, the facility will be disinfected, and the floor where each staff member works will be fixed.
The ward believes that a "cluster" has occurred, and is proceeding to check if there are any other concentrated contacts, and will continue to observe the health of residents and staff to prevent the spread of infection.