In the Tokyo metropolitan area and three prefectures, the number of people infected with the new coronavirus is increasing rapidly, and the burden of work at health centers that investigate close contacts and infection routes is increasing. We requested the government to provide specific standards for investigations such as prioritizing cases.
In the Tokyo, Saitama, Chiba, and Kanagawa metropolitan areas, the burden of active epidemiological surveys by health centers to investigate close contacts and infection routes has increased due to the rapid increase in infected people, and in Kanagawa prefecture, it is common. In principle, we do not conduct surveys of close contacts other than those living with us, and we have significantly reduced the survey.
Under these circumstances, the 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures issued a request to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the 10th.
Among these, specific criteria for the survey, such as prioritizing cases with people at high risk of aggravation, and methods for simplifying the survey, so that work can be performed effectively with a limited number of personnel. I'm asking you to show.
In addition, support for food and liquor suppliers whose sales have decreased due to requests for shortened business hours to restaurants, and nursing work even if they have a license to maintain the medical care provision system. We also requested the creation of a system to utilize the “potential nurses” that are not available.