The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to target asymptomatic people only in medical institutions and nursing homes for antigen testing to diagnose the new coronavirus using a simple kit.
We want to detect infected people at an early stage and prevent outbreaks by conducting regular simultaneous inspections.
Antigen qualitative tests using a simple kit can be performed in a short time, but they are said to be less accurate than PCR tests, and are currently performed only for people with symptoms.
However, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said that asymptomatic people were not significantly different from the results of PCR tests if the amount of virus was high, even if they were asymptomatic, according to subsequent domestic studies. I decided to target it anew.
The target is medical institutions and nursing homes, and it is performed for staff, inpatients, and elderly people who are admitted, and if it is positive, the test result will be confirmed again by PCR test etc.
In addition, if the amount of virus is low, even if infected, it may become negative, so even if it is negative, it is necessary to continue wearing a mask and washing hands thoroughly.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, we would like to detect infected people at an early stage and prevent outbreaks by conducting regular simultaneous tests at medical institutions and long-term care facilities where there are many people at high risk of aggravation.
In addition, for people with symptoms, the target was from the 2nd to the 9th day after the symptoms appeared, but the scope of the target will be expanded from the 1st to the 9th day. is.