Recommendations from academic experts to prevent the spread of corona infection and balance economic activities September 25, 17:23
A group of academic experts and other volunteers made recommendations with the aim of preventing the spread of the new coronavirus and achieving both economic activities, and pointed out that it is important to improve medical efficiency and utilize digital technology.
The proposal was compiled by a group of experts from various fields such as medical professionals and economists. The chairman, former president of the University of Tokyo and chairman of Mitsubishi Research Institute, Hiroshi Komiyama, held an online meeting on the 25th. Was opened and published.
In the proposal, he experienced the first wave of the epidemic, pointed out that the burden was biased to some medical institutions from the situation until June, and responded to the severely ill as it is important to divide the roles of each medical institution. He said that he expected flexible coordination through university medical offices and academic societies, such as consolidating specialized staff and medical equipment at the hospitals.
He also suggested that the use of digital technology could prevent the spread of infection and achieve both economic activities, and introduced a mechanism to automatically download the contact confirmation application "COCOA" to smartphones.
At the press conference, the group's chairman, Komiyama, said, "Experts from different fields, who usually do not interact with each other, gathered and made unique policy proposals."