Chiba Prefecture is an accommodation facility for the new type of coronavirus, and as the number of cases where it takes time to adjust the hospitalization of patients with worsening symptoms is increasing, increase the number of oxygen concentrators to more than 50 so that oxygen can be administered in the facility. I decided.

Chiba Prefecture operates three hotels in Chiba City and Narita City as accommodation treatment facilities, and as of the 26th, there are a total of 302 people receiving medical treatment.



According to the prefecture, seven oxygen concentrators that administer oxygen were used at these hotels until the symptoms worsened and the hospital was decided, but since the beginning of August, the beds have become tight and the beds have become tight. Increasingly, it takes time to adjust hospitalization, and the response is not catching up.

For this reason, the prefecture decided to expand the system by increasing the number of oxygen concentrators to more than 50 in order to administer oxygen to moderately ill patients waiting for hospitalization at the facility.



As of the 27th, 39 units have been secured and operated for hotel recuperators.



On the other hand, Chiba Prefecture is preparing for the opening of an "oxygen station" in September, where home caregivers who cannot find a hospital can administer oxygen.



The Chiba Prefectural Health Guidance Division said, "The spread of the fifth wave of infection has increased the number of situations in which we have to take urgent measures such as oxygen administration at hotels. I want to hurry to expand. "