Free PCR test started for restaurant employees in downtown Nagoya City October 28, 15:30

In order to strengthen measures to prevent the infection of the new coronavirus in downtown areas, free PCR tests have begun for employees of restaurants in the Sakae area of ​​Nagoya City.

In Nagoya, people working in downtown areas are being infected with the new coronavirus, and the city has set up a temporary PCR laboratory in Naka Ward for three days from the 28th to prevent the spread of the infection.



The inspection is for employees working at restaurants with entertainment in Sakae 4-chome and 5-chome and residents of this area who are 18 years of age or older who have no symptoms, and those who wish to do so are free of charge after making a reservation in advance. You can have an inspection.



At the laboratory, guidance was given in English so that foreign nationals could easily undergo the test, and the staff of the health center collected samples from the noses of the visitors.



This is the first time that Nagoya City has conducted a large-scale PCR test for free in downtown areas, and by noon on the 28th, about 270 people have already made reservations.



"We installed a tent this time, but in the future we would like to operate a mobile inspection station using a small bus and consider conducting inspections in other areas," said Susumu Hagino, chief of the health management section of the Nagoya City Naka Health Center. I'm talking to you.