A total of 140 inpatients and staff were found to be infected with the new coronavirus at a medical institution in Uruma City, Okinawa Prefecture, and a large-scale cluster of highly infectious "Delta strains" occurred in Okinawa Prefecture. Announced that there is a possibility.
In late July, Okinawa Prefecture announced that a cluster occurred at a medical institution in Uruma City, and 129 inpatients and 11 staff members were confirmed to be infected, of which 4 inpatients died. Did.
It is the largest cluster ever in the prefecture.
According to the prefecture, in mid-July, staff members were infected with the mutant virus "Delta strain" that was confirmed in India, which has strong infectivity, and the infection spread rapidly within about 10 days.
Since then, some infected people at this medical institution are also suspected of being infected with the "Delta strain", so the prefecture says that a large cluster of "Delta strains" may have occurred.
Regarding the percentage of people who received the vaccine twice, 90% of the staff members have about 200 people, while less than 10% of the inpatients have about 270 people. Checking it up.
Dr. Yoshihiro Takayama of the Prefectural Chubu Hospital, an infectious disease expert, told NHK that "the infection of Delta strains spreads rapidly, so it is necessary to take sufficient infection control measures at facilities where many patients are not vaccinated. I think. "