While it was pointed out that it had entered the fourth wave of the spread of the new coronavirus infection, an expert meeting of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare was held to advise on countermeasures, the infection of the mutant virus spread rapidly, the number of seriously ill people increased rapidly, and the medical system was improved. Analysis is being conducted on the tight Kansai region and the situation in the Tokyo metropolitan area where the spread of infection is seen.
The expert meeting starts after 5:30 pm, and in addition to the latest outbreaks and infection status in Tokyo, Kansai, Miyagi, and Okinawa to which "priority measures such as spread prevention" are applied, particularly highly infectious mutant viruses are rapidly increasing. Analysis is being conducted on the tight medical situation in Kansai, where the number of seriously ill people is increasing rapidly.
According to the materials presented at the meeting, the number of newly infected people has continued to increase nationwide from the week up to the 13th to 1.28 times compared to the previous week.
In areas where "priority measures" are applied,
▽ Osaka prefecture is 1.51 times
▽ Hyogo prefecture is 1.53 times
▽ Kyoto prefecture is 1.41 times, which continues to increase in Kansai, and
▽ Tokyo and Okinawa prefectures are also 1.24 times. Although it is increasing, it is
decreasing at 0.74 times in Miyagi prefecture.
In addition, in the vicinity of areas where priority measures have been issued,
▽ Wakayama prefecture 1.85 times
▽ Nara prefecture 1.42 times
▽ Saitama prefecture 1.05 times
▽ Kanagawa prefecture 1.17 times, while increasing
▽ Chiba prefecture 0.93 It has doubled.
In other regions as well,
▽ Aichi prefecture is 1.56 times
▽ Fukuoka prefecture is 1.69 times, and so on.
In addition, new cases the number of the last week of per 100,000 population,
▽ 71.32 people in Osaka
56.92 people in ▽ Okinawa Prefecture,
39.02 people in ▽ Nara Prefecture
38.11 people in ▽ Hyogo Prefecture
and 26.58 people in ▽ Miyagi Prefecture,
" There are more than 25 people, which is a guideline for "Stage 4",
▽ There are 24.74 people in Tokyo as well.
At the meeting, analysis is also being conducted on the spread of highly infectious mutant viruses that are rapidly expanding in the Kansai region and are also expanding in the Tokyo metropolitan area.
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura "Situations where Tokyo and Aichi are also mutant strains"
At the beginning of the expert meeting, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura said, "In the Kansai region, especially in Osaka and Hyogo, medical care and beds are tight. Since the number of seriously ill people is increasing, we would like to take appropriate measures. The target areas of "Priority measures such as spread prevention" are expanding, but the proportion of mutant strains is increasing in Tokyo and Aichi, so we have to make a prediction. It's an unforgivable situation. "