Review of Tokyo Metropolitan Hospitalization Standards Received Government Policy of "Basic Home Care"

In response to the government's policy that medical treatment for the new coronavirus should be based on home care except for critically ill patients, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government should tighten the criteria for hospitalization, such as "moderate or higher". We are considering a review with a view to such things, and we will make a specific decision based on the opinions of experts.

The government has put together a policy of focusing on hospitalization for critically ill patients and those at high risk of aggravation, while focusing on home care for other cases and strengthening health observation, and notified the prefectures.

In response to this, the city intends to review the criteria for deciding whether to hospitalize infected people.

The current standard is to hospitalize those who have "moderate or higher symptoms such as fever and respiratory distress".

As a specific example, cases with symptoms or findings such as fever of 38 degrees or higher and oxygen saturation in blood of less than 96% are hospitalized.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is considering a plan to lower the standard of oxygen saturation in the blood and make it stricter regarding this hospitalization standard, and will make a concrete decision based on the opinions of the Tokyo Metropolitan experts. I am doing it.