New Corona Expert Meeting "Increasing trend after this month" Thorough measures taken at 19:22 on November 11
A meeting of experts was held to advise the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on measures against the new coronavirus, and evaluated the nationwide infection situation as "the increasing trend has been increasing since this month."
If left as it is, there is a possibility that the infection will spread more rapidly, so it is necessary to take measures as a whole, such as measures for the group of infected people = clusters and thorough basic infection prevention measures. There is.
At the meeting, the latest infection status was discussed, and the national infection status was evaluated as "the number of newly infected people has been increasing since last month, and the increasing trend has been increasing since this month."
The "effective reproduction number", which indicates how many people are infected from one infected person, is slightly higher than "1", which is said to be spreading in the whole country, and is generally in Hokkaido, Osaka, and Aichi. The number of infected people continues to increase above 1, and it is around 1 in Tokyo.
According to the expert meeting, the location of the cluster is diversifying to the entertainment districts of local cities, as well as dinners, workplaces, foreign communities, medical institutions and welfare facilities, and the spread of infection to the region can be seen.
At present, the ratio of inpatients and severely ill patients to the number of beds that can be accepted is around 10% nationwide, which is not a tight medical system, but the number of inpatients and severely ill patients has increased since the end of last month. The ratio of inpatients to the number of beds that can be accepted is
▽ 26.1% in Tokyo, ▽ 26.6% in Osaka,
and the ratio of severely ill patients is
▽ 25.6% in Tokyo, ▽ 14.1% in Osaka, etc. It's coming.
The expert meeting said that if left unchecked, it could lead to further rapid spread of infection, and analyzed the factors of cluster occurrence in each region and took more in-depth measures and basic infection prevention. It is said that it is necessary for the general public and the country to work together to take measures, such as thorough measures.
Chairman Takaji Wakita said, "I can't tell if the current situation is the third wave, but it is certain that infections are increasing in multiple regions, so we must take immediate measures." It was.
Chief Cabinet Secretary "Respond with maximum caution"
Chief Cabinet Secretary Kato said at a press conference on the afternoon of the 11th, "There are many days when the number of newly infected people in Japan exceeds 1000, and more than 100 people are infected not only in Tokyo but also in Hokkaido, Osaka and Aichi prefectures. Has been identified and are being dealt with with the utmost caution. "
On top of that, "Especially in areas where infections are increasing, we would like to firmly support the efforts of local governments, such as conducting large-scale intensive inspections, dispatching experts for cluster countermeasures, and coordinating the dispatch of public health nurses over a wide area. Based on the urgent proposals made by the public health nurse, we would like to implement more in-depth cluster support, strengthen information dissemination, and implement infection prevention measures without fail. "
Minister of Economic Revitalization Nishimura "Thorough implementation of basic infection prevention measures"
Regarding the increase in the number of people infected with the new coronavirus, Mr. Nishimura, the minister in charge of economic revitalization, said that he is not in a state of emergency at this stage, but strengthened cluster measures to prevent the spread of the infection. Emphasized the idea of doing.
Regarding the infection status of the new coronavirus, Nishimura, the minister in charge of economic revitalization, pointed out at a press conference that the increasing trend is remarkable in Hokkaido, Osaka, Aichi, etc.
On top of that, "The expert subcommittee has suggested that an emergency declaration will come into view when entering" Stage 4 ", which requires preparation for an explosive spread of infection as a guide. At this stage, we have determined that this is not the case. "
On the other hand, Minister Nishimura said, "Because the number of infected people is increasing rapidly and some areas are affected by'Stage 3', we need to be cautious. We will strengthen cluster measures to prevent the spread of infection and give the public I would like to see the trend of decrease while thoroughly implementing basic infection prevention measures. "