In March, about 20 employees of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's Health and Welfare Bureau participated in a farewell party at a restaurant in Tokyo, and it was found that three of them were infected with the new coronavirus.
A total of 6 people have been confirmed to be infected by the Health and Welfare Bureau, and the health center is investigating the route of infection.
On March 24, the Health and Welfare Division of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare held a farewell party at a restaurant in Tokyo, attended by 23 people, as the city requested that the business hours be shortened to 9 pm.
Some staff members remain in the store until midnight, the section chief is effectively removed, and Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura voluntarily returns the minister's salary for two months.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, three of the staff members who participated in the farewell party were infected with the new coronavirus.
▽ One of them is a former employee who moved out on April 1, and ▽ Infection of two employees of the same department who did not attend the farewell party and one employee of another department of the Health and Welfare Bureau. Is confirmed.
Employees have been experiencing symptoms such as fever since April 3, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare says that the relationship between the infection and the farewell party is unknown.
Currently, the health center is investigating the infection route, and two other staff members of the Health and Welfare Bureau are being tested for symptoms such as fever.
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura "Maximum cooperation with health centers such as infection routes"
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura said at the House of Councilors Health and Labor Committee on the 8th, "I apologize again for this dinner. The infected people include three people who participated in the dinner, but the infection route and close contact. Since the identification of the person is at the discretion of the health center, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is cooperating as much as possible. "
On the other hand, based on the fact that multiple infected persons were confirmed by the Health and Welfare Bureau, the director of the Health and Welfare Bureau, Habu, decided to refrain from attending the committee, saying that the investigation of the health center is continuing.