As the number of people infected with the new coronavirus continues to hover at a high level, many people have been flocking to the temporary inspection site set up by the city of Nara on the site of an amusement park since the morning.
In order to improve the situation in which medical institutions are overwhelmed by the new corona inspection work, Nara City will utilize the site of an amusement park to open a temporary inspection site where antigen tests can be taken through the drive-through method from the 3rd of this month. I have established.
The tests are free and open to citizens in their teens to 50s with symptoms such as fever and cough.
Reservations are not required, but since the first 200 people per day were accepted, more than 100 cars formed a line before the reception started at 9:00 am on the 17th, and the reception was completed in just 10 minutes.
After the user self-tests in the car, it is designed to show the result at the reception, and if it is positive, the public health center will send an email asking you to report detailed symptoms. That's it.
According to Nara City, more than 1,800 people used it by the 16th.
Nara City said, ``Many medical institutions are closed before and after the Obon holiday.
The inspection site is set up until the 19th, and although Nara City has an upper limit on the number of inspections, it is calling for active use if there are symptoms.