At a monitoring conference in Tokyo, experts pointed out that the infection situation was "out of control for several weeks, and the emergency situation where the infection is rampant at the disaster level continues" and "medical care The delivery system is in a serious dysfunction, and if the current infection situation continues, the situation where the lives that can be saved cannot be saved will be exacerbated. "
During the meeting, experts maintained the infection status and medical care provision system in Tokyo at the highest alert level of the four levels.
Regarding the infection status, he explained that the 7-day average of new positives reached a record high of about 4702 on the 19th of this month, and then reached about 4388 as of the 25th, which is an extremely high value. ..
"It's been out of control for weeks. The health care delivery system is in serious dysfunction. The number of new positives seems to be flat in the past week, but these high numbers continue. The situation will get worse just by itself. "
"There is a possibility that more infected people may be lurking due to the inability to be tested quickly. The emergency situation where the infection is rampant at the disaster level has continued for several weeks. As in the case of a disaster. First of all, you need to protect yourself. "
On the other hand, regarding the medical care provision system, experts said that the number of inpatients reached a record high of 4,154 on the 25th, making it difficult to accept emergency transportation and hospitalization of patients whose condition deteriorated during home medical treatment. explained.
He pointed out that if the current infection situation continues, the limit of the medical care provision system will be exceeded and the situation where the lives that can be saved cannot be saved will worsen, and he expressed a strong sense of crisis following last week.