At a monitoring conference in Tokyo, experts lowered the alert level of the four-level medical care provision system from the most serious level by one level, saying that the number of inpatients and critically ill patients is decreasing.
However, since it is a type of Omicron strain in Tokyo and is rapidly being replaced by a virus of the strain called "BA.2", which is said to have higher infectivity than the virus that is currently spreading, it will be re-expanded. I am calling for caution.
At the meeting on the 24th, experts lowered the alert level of the medical care provision system in Tokyo, which has four levels, by one level from the most serious level so far.
It is the first time in about two months that the alert level is the second from the top.
And I changed the analysis comment about the alert level of the medical care provision system from "normal medical care is greatly restricted" until last week to "the situation where normal medical care is restricted" this week.
Experts point out that the reason for the reduction is that the number of inpatients and severely ill patients is decreasing, with the number of inpatients of the new corona in Tokyo being 2,258 as of the 23rd, a decrease of 559 from a week ago.
However, the percentage of elderly patients among inpatients and critically ill patients is still high, and medical institutions require a lot of labor, so it is necessary to keep an eye on trends.
On the other hand, experts on the status of infection maintained the most serious of the four stages.
The reason for this is that the percentage of people who are suspected of being infected with a strain called "BA.2", which is a type of Omicron strain and is said to be more infectious than the virus that is currently spreading, was reported this month by a screening test in Tokyo. It was 38.5% in the week up to the 14th, up 20.7 points from the previous week.
Experts are calling for caution against re-expansion, saying, "The number of new positives is on a gradual decline, but the replacement with the'BA.2'strain is progressing rapidly."