As the number of people who are infected with the new coronavirus and receive medical treatment at home is increasing rapidly, the inventory of foodstuffs that the city provides to medical treatment people is running out.
In some cases, it may take up to two days to prepare and provide new inventory, and the city is rushing to add inventory.
The capital delivers a week's worth of groceries, such as water and retort pouch foods, to those who want it, free of charge, so that those who are recuperating at home can recuperate without going out.
However, in Tokyo, the number of people receiving medical treatment at home has increased nearly 13 times in the past month due to the rapid spread of infection, reaching 14,019 as of the 3rd.
The number of people who want groceries is increasing, and according to the city, the number of shipments per day was around 100 in June, but it started to increase from last month and has increased rapidly to about 1200 this month. That is.
Although we are adding inventory every day, we are running out of stock because we cannot keep up with what we need, and we are unable to ship it to all the home caregivers we want.
In some cases, shipping is delayed by up to two days until new inventory is available, so the city said, "The number of home caregivers has increased more than expected and we are unable to keep up. We are in a hurry to add inventory." I'm talking.