Asahikawa City, Hokkaido, has dispatched the medical team of the Self-Defense Forces, which has been dispatched by the 21st, saying that a large cluster of new coronaviruses has occurred and the medical system that was tight is recovering. We have decided not to ask for continuation.
The Self-Defense Forces medical team will be withdrawn on the 21st.
In Asahikawa City, a total of 10 members of the Self-Defense Forces medical team were dispatched to the "Keiyukai Yoshida Hospital" where a large-scale cluster occurred and the "Hokkaido Nursery School", a welfare facility for the disabled, from the 8th to the 21st of this month. We will support you on the schedule up to.
Asahikawa City has considered whether to continue to request dispatch as the medical team's activity deadline approaches the 21st.
As a result, the infected nurse returned after treatment, and the tight medical system is recovering, and it seems that the peak of infection spread has passed at Yoshida Hospital, so the policy is not to request the continuation of dispatch. Was solidified.
For this reason, the SDF medical team will complete two weeks of support activities in 21 days and will withdraw.
Asahikawa City Public Health Center's director in charge of new coronavirus infection control, "I am very grateful to the Self-Defense Forces for providing nursing care in places where there is a risk of infection. We will continue to work toward the convergence of the cluster. I'm talking.