Following the first confirmed infection of the Omicron strain in Osaka Prefecture, the government has notified each prefecture to hurry to secure accommodations and beds for waiting, and the infection will spread in the future. Our policy is to further strengthen measures to prepare for the situation.
Three family members from Osaka Prefecture who have not recently traveled abroad on the 22nd, while infections have been confirmed one after another by people returning from overseas and their close contacts over the new coronavirus mutant virus "Omicron strain". Infection was confirmed.
Prime Minister Kishida said, "We will take measures against so-called community-acquired infections that the national government cannot follow," and will inspect all infected people for Omicron strains and provide accommodations for close contacts. He emphasized the idea of working on a 14-day waiting request at.
A government official said, "I expected that a community-acquired infection would occur in the future." On the 22nd, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare notified each prefecture to hurry to secure accommodations and beds for waiting. I put it out.
In addition, the government said that the new Corona drug is also highly effective for Omicron strains, and as soon as the American pharmaceutical giant Merck's "Molnupiravir" is approved by the expert committee of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare to be held on the 24th, from this weekend We are planning to start delivering 200,000 times nationwide and make it available from next week, and we plan to further strengthen measures to prepare for the spread of infection in the future.