Tokyo Corona Retreat for Infected Persons Two new additions 21:47 on August 12th
As a facility to treat people who are infected with the new coronavirus but who are mild or asymptomatic, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has added two new hotels and started accepting them.
Hotels in Taito and Tokyo will be added.
Hotels in Taito will accept from 13th, Minato will accept from 17th of this month.
Of these, in hotels in Taito Ward, all rooms are equipped with thermometers and equipment for measuring the oxygen concentration in the blood, and there is a dedicated room on the same floor where you can talk with nurses etc. by videophone. One room is available.
This hotel can accommodate up to 330 people, and depending on the city, it can accommodate up to 600 people, including hotels in Minato Ward.
Apart from these two hotels, Tokyo is now a total of six hotels in Tokyo, with a system that can accommodate up to 1260 people.
However, in the 12 days from the 31st to the 11th of last month, where there are 6 hotels, the average number of people receiving medical treatment at the hotel is 403 per day, which is about 30% of the acceptable number. ..
Yuki Hanamoto, General Manager of the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Welfare Bureau, who is in charge of measures against the new coronavirus, said, "We have heard from the public health center that it takes time to persuade the patient to treat the hotel. There is still room in the room. In order to prevent the strain on medical institutions, we would like to encourage them to use the hotel."