With the rapid spread of the new corona infection, the number of people undergoing medical treatment at home is increasing. Is also distributed.

Since May last year, Sakai City has been distributing groceries and daily necessities to home recuperators and close contacts who are required to wait at home, and at the contracted offices, staff members are using retort curry and other items. In addition to canned food for two weeks, we also pack daily necessities such as toilet paper, soap, and garbage bags into cardboard boxes.



Due to the spread of the infection, the number of home care recipients is increasing, so the number of cases distributed was more than 1,300 in the seven months until the end of November, but last month it was 830 cases in one month and this month it is already 847 cases. It means that it is increasing rapidly.



Shinya Koga of the Osaka Izumi Citizens' Life Cooperative said, "I think that the number of applications will increase and I will be busy, but I try to work carefully so that people who are recuperating at home can spend their time with peace of mind. I will. "

Support for home recuperators

In Neyagawa City, Osaka, we outsource to a food distributor and deliver lunch boxes to close contacts who are required to wait at home twice a day.



Of these, in order to avoid contact at business offices in the city, the time and place to put the lunch box are adjusted in advance before delivery, and disposable containers are used.



The number of people waiting at home has increased in the city, and the number of delivery destinations, which was about 50 people a day at the beginning of last month, has tripled.



Since there are concerns that close contacts who are supposed to be waiting at home may go out and spread the infection, this company is urging those who are waiting at home not to go out when handing out lunch boxes.



Mitsuru Sugihara, who runs a food distribution service business, said, "I would like to call for people to stay at home as much as possible when delivering lunch boxes to prevent the spread of infections in the city."



On the other hand, Akihiro Nagafune, chief of the Neyagawa City New Coronavirus Infection Control Office, which outsources the business, said that if the infection continues to spread, there is concern that the number of people waiting at home will continue to increase. I'm still worried. I can't see the end, but I would like to cooperate with multiple businesses. "

Changes in home recuperators in Osaka

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare publishes the number of home care recipients by prefecture every week from the end of April.



According to this, the number of home care recipients in Osaka Prefecture was 332 on April 28, last year, and gradually decreased to 0 on June 17.



After that, it started to increase from the end of July, reaching 617 on August 26, but decreased to about 50 by mid-October.



However, due to the spread of the infection, the number increased again from mid-November, and on November 25, the number exceeded 1,000 for the first time, reaching 1249.



Since then, the number has continued to increase, and as of the 13th of this month, the number has exceeded 2000 for the first time, reaching 2276.

Support for close contacts

According to Osaka Prefecture, among those infected with the new coronavirus, those with mild or asymptomatic symptoms are, in principle, treated at accommodation facilities, and those with unavoidable circumstances such as child-rearing and long-term care are to be treated at home. I will.



In Osaka Prefecture, we started an initiative to provide three meals a day free of charge with the assistance of the government from the beginning of November last year so that home recuperators do not have to go out.



Some local governments have begun to provide dietary support ahead of this, and also provide similar support to those who are certified as close contacts and cannot go out.