The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is considering whether it is possible to tighten the criteria for hospitalization based on the government's policy that home medical treatment is the basis except for critically ill patients, so that medical institutions can give priority to people with severe symptoms. , We are continuing to make adjustments regarding the criteria for evaluating the severity.
In reviewing this, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government is considering whether it is possible to tighten the current criteria for hospitalization, such as those with moderate or higher symptoms, so that people with more severe symptoms can be treated with priority.
We are continuing to make adjustments based on the opinions of health centers and medical institutions, as to how much hospitalization should be done, regarding the criteria for evaluating the severity of fever, such as body temperature and oxygen saturation in the blood.
In Tokyo, the 7-day average of new positives was 3478.7 as of the 4th, which has nearly tripled in the last half month.
Along with that, the number of people who are being hospitalized, receiving medical treatment at home, or adjusting is increasing, and as of the 4th, it is approaching 9708 or 10,000.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to expand the "hospitalization waiting station" that temporarily accepts pre-hospital patients at medical institutions and strengthen the health observation of people who are receiving medical treatment at home. I would like to respond to sudden changes in my physical condition while allocating medical treatment.