Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, sorts out the contact points according to the presence or absence of infection and age, etc. regarding the response to the new coronavirus, and responds to the consultation of the inhabitants of the ward.
However, due to the rapid spread of the infection, the response of each window could not keep up, and in the end, direct consultations with the health center were made one after another, and the work was tight.
In Katsushika Ward, Tokyo, the number of newly infected people per week increased more than 30 times at most due to the spread of the sixth wave, and the infection was confirmed at the health center. I am busy contacting people and observing my health.
In addition, there are other reasons why health center operations are tight.
The reason is that although we have sorted out the consultation desks, there are many cases where we consult directly with the health center.
In Katsushika Ward,
▼ If you have symptoms, you can go to the fever consultation center in Tokyo or the ward's consultation desk
. Tokyo window,
▼ If you have home medical treatment,
▽ "Uchisapo Tokyo" in the city for those under 50 years old , ▽
follow-up center in Tokyo for people aged 50 to 64,
▽ health center for people aged 65 and over. We have sorted the consultation desks according to their presence and age.
However, depending on the ward, there are times when it is difficult to connect to the telephone at each window due to the rapid spread of infection, and in the end, direct consultations with the health center are being made one after another, and we are busy responding.
For this reason, by closing the ward library and museum, and encouraging a total of about 440 staff members to support the health center and having them take charge of clerical work such as inputting outbreak reports, health care workers are at high risk of becoming seriously ill. We are dealing with.
Mr. Tsuyoshi Nanbu, the chief of the new infectious disease control section in Katsushika Ward, said, "Until the support staff came, there was a leftover of work every day, but finally I can do the work of the day. It is proportional as the number of infected people increases. As some people are seriously ill, we would like to encourage more specialized staff to observe the health of high-risk patients. "