As the infection of the new coronavirus spreads, the number of hospitalized patients increases, and there are concerns about the impact of medical institutions, Kyoto Prefecture and the prefectural medical association send an urgent message to the citizens of the prefecture to thoroughly implement infection prevention measures during the year-end and New Year holidays. I put it out.
In Kyoto Prefecture, the number of infected people confirmed on the 25th and 1st reached a record high of 121, and the number of inpatients increased, and the occupancy rate of beds reached 36% as of the 23rd. It exceeds the stage 3 index that the association states that "the medical care provision system will be hindered."
In response to this situation, on the 25th, on behalf of Governor Nishiwaki of Kyoto Prefecture, Michinobu Matsui, Chairman of the Prefectural Medical Association, and a group of hospitals accepting critically ill patients, Hitoshi Yaku, director of the Prefectural Medical University Hospital At a press conference, the three people issued an urgent message calling on the citizens of the prefecture to take thorough measures to prevent infection, saying that there were concerns about the impact of medical institutions.
Among them, during the year-end and New Year holidays, we ask that we refrain from going out, going home, and having dinner with family members and people other than those who are usually with us, and that we should have less than 4 people and less than 2 hours outside until 9 pm. I will.
Mr. Matsui, Chairman of the Prefectural Medical Association, said, "It is important to reduce contact between people, and I would like to ask for your cooperation."
In addition, Governor Nishiwaki said, "I want you to prevent the spread of infection and save lives during the year-end and New Year holidays."