Shimane Prefecture High School Soccer Club advances cluster disinfection and PCR testing

Cluster disinfection and PCR testing proceeded at Shimane High School Soccer Club August 10 19:04

91 people including members of the soccer club of a private high school in Matsue City were infected with the new coronavirus on the 9th, and Matsue City used the soccer field of the soccer club. In addition to disinfecting, we are proceeding with measures to prevent the spread of infection by sequentially conducting PCR tests for all high school students.

In the soccer club of Rissho Tainan South High School in Matsue city, 91 people including teachers, mainly male members living in student dormitories, were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus on the 9th, and a group of infected people, It was announced that a cluster had occurred.

Since the soccer club was practicing using the stadium in Matsue City on the 7th of this month, Matsue City sterilized the stadium on the morning of the 10th and prohibited entry for the 10th and the 1st.

Matsue City is sequentially conducting PCR tests on about 200 people, including all school students and faculty members other than the members of the soccer club who have already been tested, and is promoting measures to prevent the spread of infection.

According to the high school, the soccer club traveled to Osaka prefecture from the 23rd to the 25th of last month, Tottori prefecture on the 3rd and the 4th of this month, and to the Kagawa prefecture on the 4th to the 6th of this month. I was playing a match.

It means that in late last month, a "selection" was held for four days at a stadium in Matsue City, where all third-year junior high school students who would like to join the soccer club were selected to select new members for the next fiscal year.

Matsue City is continuing to investigate the identification of infection routes.

Most soccer club members live in dormitories

According to Rissho Tainan South High School, the majority of the 138 soccer club members live in dormitories dedicated to the soccer club.

In the dormitory, two members live together in an 8-mat room. Members gathered at the cafeteria for meals, and bathing was done at the large bath in the dormitory.

To prevent infection with the new coronavirus, wash hands, gargle, thoroughly ventilate, and at the time of eating, to avoid gathering all the members at one time, we divided the time for each member and faced the table. It means that I was thoroughly careful not to sit down.

On the other hand, in a survey conducted so far by the city, the member who was first confirmed to be infected on the 8th was confirmed to have a fever of 38 degrees on the 5th of this month, and another 6 members complained of symptoms on the 6th. It is known that high school moved members living in the room with the symptomatic member to another room in the dormitory and took measures to prevent the spread of infection. is.

The high school posted a comment on its website, "I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the citizens of the prefecture, citizens, and most important students and their parents. We will do our utmost to recover as quickly as possible."

Governor Maruyama, Shimane Prefecture "We must verify and improve."

Governor Maruyama of Shimane Prefecture said in a conference on October 10 that he had a cluster outbreak in high school and said, "We must take seriously the fact that there was a large-scale infection in the school and also in the dormitory. It is known that there were 19 students on 6th of this month, but even if there is a slight fever in the background, it is not good if there is an atmosphere that is difficult for the director to say. I have to stay."

Expert “Examples of characteristics of new corona infection”

Regarding the occurrence of a large-scale cluster in a high school in Matsue City, Mitsuo Kaku, a specially appointed professor at Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, who is familiar with measures against infectious diseases, said, ``I think this case really represents the characteristics of the new coronavirus. It is the same at home, work, and restaurants that the condition of "3 dense" is the same, and how to avoid "3 dense" is the point of infection control, but it is difficult to completely avoid it. When spending in such a space, it is important to take measures such as washing hands, wearing a mask, thoroughly ventilating, and devising ways to prevent people from gathering together when eating."

In addition, "If an infected person is found in the immediate vicinity, it is possible to prevent the spread of the infection, such as finding the next infection quickly, by closely examining the concentrated contact person or the person who seems to have been contacted. New coronaviruses are often infected in densely populated metropolitan cities, but clusters like this one can happen to anyone everywhere, instead of blaming infected people, protecting both infected and unaffected people. It's important to be fit."

Match and practice with 4 schools in Kagawa

According to Kagawa Prefecture, the Matsue City confirmed the outbreak of clusters of infected people on the 9th, and the Rissho Tainan South High School soccer club was working from 2 to 7 this month on Sakaide Commercial High School, Takamatsu Commercial High School, and Takamatsu Higashi in Kagawa Prefecture. In addition to the soccer clubs of four high school schools, Shido High School and Matsue City, they also had exchange games and joint practice in Sanuki City and Takamatsu City in Kagawa Prefecture.

At least two of the participants in Kagawa prefecture are complaining of symptoms such as fever, and Kagawa prefecture has 155 people including the staff members and teachers who have participated in them wait at home for the time being and proceed with the PCR test sequentially. I am deciding.

Also, a male student in his twenties who was confirmed infected on the 9th had returned home from Okayama Prefecture to his parents' house in Takamatsu City on the 8th of this month.

After traveling to Osaka with two friends for four days until the 20th of last month and visiting several restaurants, he had symptoms such as fever and abnormal olfaction since the 22nd of last month.

Governor Hamada of Kagawa Prefecture calls, "If you have a symptom or a meal that causes 3 congestion within 2 weeks, you may want to think about delaying your return home."