Hiroshima Large-scale PCR test for up to 800,000 residents

In Hiroshima City, where the infection of the new coronavirus continues to spread, a large-scale PCR test will be conducted on residents.

Hiroshima Prefecture, which conducts inspections, estimates that the maximum number of people will be 800,000, and such large-scale inspections are unusual nationwide.

In Hiroshima City, the number of newly infected people per 100,000 population exceeds the index of "Stage 4" where the infection situation is the most serious, and the government provides Hiroshima City with the same financial support as the target area of ​​the state of emergency. We are making final adjustments in the direction of doing so.

In order to contain the infection, Hiroshima Prefecture has decided to carry out a large-scale PCR test in Hiroshima City so that people who have no symptoms can also be tested.

The target is expected to be about 600,000 residents in Naka, Higashi, Minami, and Nishi wards, and about 200,000 working in this area, up to about 800,000, and there is no out-of-pocket cost. about it.

The prefecture wants to implement it as soon as possible, and is considering a specific method.

Such a large-scale test is unusual nationwide, and Governor Yuzaki of Hiroshima Prefecture said at a press conference on the 14th, "The test is not compulsory, it is optional, but I would like you to take it positively to prevent the spread of infection." Said.

Expert "Need to secure hospitalization after positive"

Professor Koji Wada of the International University of Health and Welfare, who specializes in public health, said, "Testing for people with symptoms should be given priority first, but if asymptomatic people also have a wide range of tests, explain properly and be hospitalized after positive. It is necessary to secure the destination and the medical treatment place as a set. "