In the fifth wave of the new coronavirus, the highly infectious Delta strain is spreading, and the infection is spreading in the home one after another.
In Fukuoka Prefecture, the proportion of domestic infections among those whose infection route is known has continued to increase, exceeding 70% for the first time.
According to Fukuoka Prefecture, of the people who were confirmed to be infected in the week starting on the 23rd of last month, 2,204 people were infected from their families, and 70.3% of those whose infection route was known were domestic infections. rice field.
This ratio was in the 50% range in May, the fourth wave, but it started to increase sharply after last month in the fifth wave, and it is the first time that it has exceeded 70%.
According to Fukuoka Prefecture, the highly infectious Delta strain seems to have a great influence on the background of the spread of infection among families including children at an unprecedented rate after the 5th wave.
In some cases, all seven family members were infected
In domestic infections, the virus brought into the home spreads to the family in a blink of an eye, and in some cases even young children are infected.
A man in his 50s in Fukuoka, who lives with a family of seven, had a fever of 39 degrees in the beginning of last month, and the next day his wife in his 40s also had a fever.
Subsequently, the second daughter of the fifth grade of elementary school had a fever, and four children also began to develop symptoms of fever and malaise. And all seven members of the family of two couples were found to be infected.
Although the health center recommended accommodation treatment, I chose home treatment because I had young children, and continued my life by using the delivery service and the delivery service from my acquaintances without going out at all.
A few days later, his wife and children recovered, but the man had a low fever and low oxygen saturation in his blood, and was taken to a hospital in the city six days after the infection was confirmed.
Ten days after admission, I was discharged because my fever finally dropped and my lungs recovered.
Children now go to school and kindergarten as usual, but men say they still suffer from shortness of breath and intense malaise.
In this family, as the corona sickness continued for a long time, the sense of caution about infection gradually diminished, and in many cases, infection control measures such as gargling and hand washing when returning home were neglected.
The man said, "I had a feeling that Corona was far from me, and I looked at it sweetly. It's really scary because it comes into my home without noticing it."
My wife also said, "I never thought that a cluster would occur at my house. In the future, I would like to gargle and wash my hands as thoroughly as possible."
Kyushu Medical Center Dr. Kamino "Thorough basic measures"
Shunsuke Kamino, the director of the pediatric department of the National Hospital Organization Kyushu Medical Center, which accepts people infected with the new coronavirus, said that measures to prevent domestic infections such as "separating places to eat and sleep" can be considered. I think it is unrealistic and difficult to live in isolation within the family when you do not know if you are infected. Rather than thoroughly taking measures against infection at home, you should wash your hands so that you do not bring in the virus from the outside. I want you to thoroughly implement the basic measures of gargle. "