An expert meeting of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare was held to advise on measures against the new coronavirus, and it was pointed out that the number of newly infected people nationwide has been increasing recently and it is necessary to pay close attention to whether it will lead to re-expansion and rebound of infection. ..

The proportion of infected people in their twenties is increasing, and it is necessary to inoculate additional vaccines and take thorough infection control measures for the new year when many people will have more opportunities to gather.

“Increasing trend in the last few days, increasing proportion of people in their 20s”

Experts said that although the nationwide infection status had been declining gradually for more than a month, it has been on an increasing trend in the last few days, and the proportion of people in their twenties who have occurred in the early stages of the spread of infection has been increasing. is.



He emphasized that caution is required because there is a possibility of rebound, such as a remarkable increase in the number of people in their twenties in Kagoshima and Okinawa prefectures, which are on the increase, and an increase in the positive rate of tests in Tokyo.

1. Factors of increased infection

Expert meetings will be a factor in the increase in infection in the future


. He pointed out that there are factors such as

increased opportunities


and replacement of the more infectious "BA.2" among the Omicron strains.

2. Factors for controlling infection

On the other hand, factors that suppress infection may be that


the third vaccination is progressing in the elderly and is expected to progress even in the younger generation, and that


it becomes easier to ventilate as the temperature rises.


It is said that these increasing factors and suppressing factors will affect the infection situation in the future, and it is necessary to steadily implement additional vaccination, properly wear non-woven masks, disinfect, ventilate, and avoid denseness. increase.



At the expert meeting, the number of newly infected people continues to be higher than the peak of last summer, and there will be more opportunities for many people who have been the catalyst for the spread of infection in the new year. Therefore, he called for attention to infection control measures, especially when people move or receive training when they join the company or enter school.

The number of newly infected people is 1.04 times that of the previous week and starts to increase for the first time in about a month and a half.

According to the materials presented at the expert meeting of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of newly infected people in the week until the 29th is 1.04 times that of the previous week, which is the first increase in about a month and a half since the beginning of February. In turn, it is increasing in 35 prefectures.



Of the areas where priority measures such as spread prevention were lifted on March 21, Tokyo was 1.05 times, Saitama prefecture was 1.01 times, and Kanagawa prefecture was 0.86 in 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures. Double, Chiba prefecture has decreased to 0.95 times.



In Kansai, Osaka prefecture is 1.08 times, Hyogo prefecture is 1.03 times, Kyoto prefecture is 0.99 times, and in Tokai, Aichi prefecture is 1.15 times and Gifu prefecture is 1.29 times.



In addition, Hokkaido is 1.07 times, Aomori prefecture is 1.05 times, Tochigi prefecture is 1.25 times, Gunma prefecture is 1.04 times, Kagawa prefecture is 1.00 times, Kumamoto prefecture is 1.02 times, and Ibaraki prefecture is 0.80 times. , Ishikawa prefecture has decreased by 0.76 times, and Shizuoka prefecture has decreased by 0.93 times.



Among the prefectures nationwide, the number of newly infected people increased from the previous week to 35 prefectures including areas where the priority measures were not applied, 1.40 times in Akita prefecture, 1.34 times in Saga prefecture, In some places, the rate of increase is relatively large, such as 1.39 times in Oita prefecture, 1.71 times in Kagoshima prefecture, and 1.35 times in Okinawa prefecture.



Looking at the current infection status in the last week per 100,000 population, Okinawa Prefecture has the highest number of infected people in Japan at 394.01, followed by Tokyo at 357.84, Saitama Prefecture at 324.75, and Osaka Prefecture at 290.59. Aomori Prefecture has 284.01 people, and nationwide it has 240.00 people, which is an increase from the previous week while the number of infected people continues to be high.