Last month, more than 20 employees of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare participated in a farewell party, and the same department confirmed a series of infections with the new coronavirus. Did.
Late last month, 23 employees of the Health and Welfare Division of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare held a farewell party at a restaurant in Tokyo, and after that, 29 employees of the same department were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
Twelve of them participated in the farewell party, so the National Institute of Infectious Diseases is investigating the infection route, etc., assuming that a cluster has occurred after the farewell party.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, all staff members of the same department have undergone voluntary inspections, and 28 days have passed since the last staff member who was found to be infected went to work.
At the moment, no staff member is complaining of fever, so the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare states that "the series of infections is likely to have ended."
On the other hand, we will continue to strengthen our infection control measures and continue to thoroughly telework.