Chairman Omi "Releasing this declaration should be done more carefully than ever"

Shigeru Omi, chairman of the "Basic Response Policy Subcommittee" who attended the press conference of Prime Minister Suga, said, "When the state of emergency is lifted, the infection situation will enter stage 3 and will steadily decline in the direction of stage 2. I think it is very important that there is a tendency. In particular, it is more important that the medical pressure is improved than the number of infected people. Furthermore, the influence of the mutant strain is extremely important, so we decided to cancel the declaration this time. I think we should be more careful when we do it. "

Since it stopped lowering, rebound always occurs when it is released.

On top of that, regarding the future infection situation, "Ideally, the number of infected people is small, but even if you continue to declare, the number may stop decreasing. However, even if it stops decreasing, if you release it immediately, rebound will always occur. Even if it stops lowering while continuing the necessary measures, you can gain time until rebound by putting up with it for a few weeks. After canceling it, you can make full use of "priority measures such as prevention of spread". It's important. "

Testing for people with mild symptoms Need to be proactive

Chairman Shigeru Omi commented on the measures required of the government as the mutant virus spreads. "In a large-scale PCR test conducted in Hiroshima, the positive rate of people with symptoms reached 9%, but there are no symptoms. The positive rate of people was only 1%. In other municipalities, it is known that 7% to 10% of people are out of work or study even if they have physical problems such as malaise. It can be said that it is necessary to actively test people with mild symptoms that are not enough to go to the hospital. If infection is confirmed using a simple antigen test kit together with a health observation app I would like to see a wide range of PCR tests performed on asymptomatic people in the vicinity to prevent the development of large-scale clusters and promote aggressive tests. "