Regarding the mutated new coronavirus spreading in India, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced that 34 new infections were reported nationwide in the week leading up to the 7th.
The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is on the alert, with 10 more than reported last week.
Municipalities nationwide are analyzing genes by sending some samples of people infected with the new coronavirus to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in order to investigate the spread of the mutant virus.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, a total of 34 people were confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus "Delta strain" that spreads in India from 8 prefectures in the week up to the 7th.
It is 10 more than the number confirmed in the previous week.
By prefecture,
▼ Tokyo has the largest number of 9 people, followed by
▼ Hiroshima prefecture with 6 people,
▼ Chiba prefecture and Kanagawa prefecture, Hyogo prefecture with 5 people,
▼ Shizuoka prefecture with 2 people
▼ Gunma prefecture and Saitama prefecture with 1
person
each It was a person.
So far, a total of 87 people have been confirmed to be infected in Japan,
▼ Tokyo prefecture 23 people,
▼ Chiba prefecture 12 people,
▼ Hyogo prefecture 11 people
▼ Osaka prefecture 9 people
▼ Kanagawa prefecture 8 people
▼ Shizuoka prefecture and Hiroshima prefecture have 7 people,
▼ Saitama prefecture has 4 people,
▼ Gunma prefecture and Aichi prefecture have 2 people,
▼ Nagano prefecture and Kagoshima prefecture have 1 person each.
In mid-July, experts predict that "Delta strains" will account for more than half of the new coronaviruses confirmed in Japan, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is strengthening its nationwide inspection system.
In addition,
it was confirmed that ▼ 23 people were infected with the mutant virus "Delta strain" found in South Africa and ▼ 81 people were infected with the mutant virus "Gamma strain" found in Brazil by the
7th
. about it.
Preparations for the new coronavirus vaccine “workplace inoculation”
The government has a policy to start inoculation of occupational areas at workplaces and universities from June 21, and will start with companies with a scale of 1000 or more.
Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd., which is headquartered in Shibuya Ward, Tokyo, will be implemented for a total of 12,000 employees in Tokyo, Nagoya, and Osaka, as well as employees of affiliated companies. I have completed the application procedure.
At the head office of this company in Shibuya, we plan to use the cafeteria as an inoculation venue, and today we sent an email to our employees to inform them about occupational inoculation.
The company considers employees to work while they leave the workplace for vaccination, and wants to create an environment where employees can be actively vaccinated.
Ikuko Hyodo, General Manager of Human Resources Department of Aioi Nissay Dowa Insurance Co., Ltd., said, "We are making preparations while running in a hurry, but we would like to work to ensure that employee vaccinations proceed safely."