As the infection with the new coronavirus spreads rapidly, Hiroshima Prefecture started a large-scale PCR test on 560,000 people at its offices in Hiroshima and Fukuyama on the 10th.
Infection is spreading rapidly in Hiroshima prefecture, and the prefecture is calling for strengthening of infection control as a "concentrated countermeasure period" from the 8th.
Under these circumstances, the prefecture wanted to identify people who were infected even if they had no symptoms, and targeted approximately 560,000 people working at more than 10 offices in Hiroshima and Fukuyama, where there is particular concern about the spread of infection. We started a large-scale PCR test on the 10th.
Of these, at the Hiroshima City office, professional baseball Hiroshima, samples for about 1,500 people containing saliva from staff and staff working at the stadium were collected, and prefecture officials visited for collection.
The inspection period varies from region to region, starting on the 19th of this month in Fukuyama City and on the 20th of this month in four wards, including Nishi Ward in Hiroshima City.
The inspection is voluntary, and the prefecture estimates that half of the subjects, about 280,000, will receive it.
A part-time man who submitted the sample said, "I'm worried about myself, and I'm not allowed to infect anyone, so I came to receive it."
Acting owner Kazuhiro Matsuda of professional baseball Hiroshima said, "I called on the staff to cooperate with the inspection as much as possible. Since it is a place where many people gather, we will do our best to operate with staff who can confirm negative. I want to. "