"Monitoring tests" are being conducted on asymptomatic people in downtown areas nationwide in order to quickly detect signs of the spread of the new coronavirus.
The situation was released on the 7th in Sumida Ward, Tokyo.
In order to quickly detect signs of the spread of the new coronavirus, the country is conducting random PCR tests on asymptomatic people in places with a high risk of infection, such as downtown areas nationwide.
Of these, inspections have been conducted in the Kinshicho district of Sumida Ward, Tokyo since the 29th of last month, and the situation was released on the 7th.
The staff explained that after calling out to the passers-by, handing out the test kit, telling them the purpose of the test, putting the saliva in the kit and mailing it, the result will be notified by a dedicated application in a few days. Was there.
In Sumida Ward, the average number of new positives for 7 days was about 38 at the peak of the third wave, but by the end of last month it was about 20 again, which means that the infection is spreading.
Under these circumstances, we would like to suppress the further spread of infection by conducting a test for mutant virus as a ward for those who are found to be infected by this test.
A woman in her thirties who cooperated with the test said, "I was always worried that my child might be infected even if he was asymptomatic while he was too small to wear a mask. It will be. "
Sumida Ward Health Center Director Toru Nishizuka said, "In the competition between the speed of vaccines and the spread of mutant viruses with increased infectivity, we will discover invisible sources of infection through tests and reduce the mountain of the 4th wave. I want to. "