Katsushika-ku, Tokyo is a long-term care facility in the ward, and it was confirmed that a total of 34 residents and staff were infected with the new coronavirus, and it was announced that a group of infected people = a cluster had occurred.
According to Katsushika Ward, one resident had a fever on the 24th of this month at the nursing care facility "Katsushika Royal Care Center" in the ward, and when he was examined, infection with the new coronavirus was confirmed on the 27th. That is.
After that, 49 residents living on the same floor as this resident and all the staff were examined, and by the 29th, 33 new infections including one staff were found.
The total number of infected people is 34, and the ward says that a group of infected people = clusters have occurred in the facility.
Of these, the first resident to be found infected was hospitalized, but the others were asymptomatic or mild, so they were being treated in the facility and hospitalization was being coordinated.
It is said that there are full-time doctors at the facility, but Katsushika City will support the facility by requesting the dispatch of doctors and nurses specializing in infectious diseases to the infection control support team in Tokyo.