In the fourth wave of the spread of the new corona virus, a state of emergency was declared in Tokyo, Osaka, Hyogo, and Kyoto, and an expert meeting of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare was held to advise on countermeasures. The medical situation in Kansai, where the number continues, and the number of people and infections in the areas where the declaration is issued are being analyzed.
The expert meeting started after 5:30 pm, and the spread of highly infectious mutant virus caused the medical situation in Kansai, where the number of severely ill people is increasing rapidly, and the infection in the area where the state of emergency was declared on the 25th. The analysis focuses on the situation and the number of people.
According to the materials presented at the meeting, the number of newly infected people has continued to increase nationwide by 1.18 times in the week up to the 26th compared to the previous week.
"Emergency Declaration" has been issued
▽ Tokyo is 1.22 times,
▽ Osaka is 1.01 times,
▽ Hyogo Prefecture is 1.12 times,
▽ Kyoto is 1.36 times the
rate of increase in the most serious Kansai infection situation down Although it has been done, it is still increasing.
In areas where "priority measures such as spread prevention" are applied,
▽ Kanagawa prefecture is 1.12 times,
▽ Saitama prefecture is 1.24 times,
▽ Chiba prefecture is 1.02 times, and the
increase continues in the metropolitan area.
In addition, while
▽ Aichi prefecture has increased 1.30 times,
▽ Ehime prefecture has 1.00 times,
▽ Okinawa prefecture has 0.81 times, and
▽ Miyagi prefecture has 0.77 times, showing a
flat or decreasing trend.
In addition to the increasing trend in areas such as Hokkaido, Hokuriku, Chugoku, and Shikoku, where no significant expansion has been seen so far,
▽ Oita prefecture is 9.52 times,
▽ Saga prefecture is 2.41 times,
▽ Kumamoto prefecture is 2.18 times,
▽
Infection is spreading in Kyushu,
such as 2.04 times in Fukuoka prefecture
.
The number of newly infected people per 100,000 population in the last week
is 88.49 in Osaka
, 64.43 in Hyogo, 49.47 in
Nara
, 44.18 in Okinawa
, 37.51 in Kyoto,
▽ 36.71 people in Tokyo,
▽ 34.20 people in Tokushima prefecture
,
▽
33.52 people in
Fukuoka prefecture
,
▽ 26.16 people in
Wakayama prefecture,
▽ 25.99 people in Oita prefecture,
which exceeds the 25 people who are the guideline for "Stage 4".
There are 26.72 people nationwide.
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 "The decrease is slower than when it was declared in April last year."
At the beginning of the expert meeting, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura said, "The flow of people yesterday is decreasing, but the decrease is slower than the state of emergency declared in April last year. Even if the declaration is issued, the number of infected people will decrease. We must firmly convey the message to the people so that nothing happens. "
In addition, Minister Tamura said, "This disease is very troublesome, and even if the number of infected people decreases, once the declaration is lifted, the virus will spread by taking advantage of it according to the movement of people. Vaccines are a very big weapon to stop, and I want to respond firmly. "