As the infection of the new coronavirus continues to spread, doctors and public health nurses go to work at health centers in Nagoya City during the year-end and New Year holidays to handle PCR tests and telephone calls.
The public health center in Nagoya City is closed every year during the year-end and New Year holidays, but staff members continue to work to deal with people infected with the new coronavirus.
Of these, at the "Middle Health Center", more than 10 doctors and public health nurses call people who are undergoing medical treatment at home, etc. to check if there is any change in their medical condition or physical condition, and if there are close contacts. was doing.
In addition, at the laboratory established by the health center, doctors wearing protective clothing are conducting PCR tests, and about 20 people are scheduled to undergo the tests on the 30th.
Tachibana Hidaka, chief of the Health Prevention Division of the Middle Health Center, said, "Since yesterday, many medical institutions and private inspection institutions have taken a day off, and it is taking time to adjust where to get the inspection. However, the severity is increasing, so I would like to continue to ask for infection prevention at "Stay Home". "