Tokyo Metropolitan Government To secure critically ill beds Accepting recovery patients at some accommodation facilities

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has recovered from severe illness at some of the accommodation facilities in Shinagawa Ward in order to secure beds for critically ill patients with the new coronavirus so that people with more severe symptoms can be hospitalized. I will accept the patient who became.

This was revealed by Governor Koike at the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on the 19th.

In Tokyo, the number of hospitalized patients is increasing due to the rapid spread of infection, and the usage rate of beds for critically ill patients is about 70%.

Under these circumstances, the Tokyo Metropolitan Government has decided to accept patients who have recovered from severe illness and have become moderately ill or mildly ill at some of the accommodation facilities in Shinagawa Ward that are rented free of charge from the Nippon Foundation.

The aim is to secure beds for critically ill patients so that more severely ill people can be hospitalized.

According to the city, this facility is currently operated so that mild or asymptomatic people can be treated with their pets, but in addition to introducing an "oxygen concentrator" that inhales oxygen in some of the facilities, nurses Is to arrange and correspond.

Governor Koike said, "We will urgently proceed with the development of necessary facilities and strengthen our acceptance system."

On the other hand, Governor Koike has announced that the venue near Shibuya Station, which will be set up near Shibuya Station for young people who can be vaccinated without prior reservation, will be the "Shibuya Ward Labor Welfare Hall".

“Approximately two-thirds of large-scale inoculation venues are allocated to wards, cities, towns and villages”

On the other hand, at the Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly on the 19th, Director General Norihiko Yoshimura of the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Welfare Bureau said that 800 boxes = 936,000 times, which are reserved for large-scale vaccination venues in the city, to promote vaccination in municipalities. It was revealed that about two-thirds of this will be allocated to the wards, cities, towns and villages.

In addition, Director Yoshimura explained that AstraZeneca vaccination will start from the 1st of next month at the North Observatory of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building for people who are allergic to Pfizer and Moderna vaccines and those who wish to be over 40 years old. Did.