Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato exchanged opinions with Chairman Omi of the government subcommittee to review the total number of people infected with the new corona.
Chairman Omi said that if it were to be reviewed, it would be important to build a new system that would allow for a firm grasp of the infection status by prefecture, and that intensive discussions were necessary.
It has been pointed out that the work of registering patient information in the national system called ``HER-SYS'' has become a burden on medical sites to grasp the total number of new coronas, so the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is an expert. We will start considering the review while listening to the opinions of the government and local governments.
On the 17th, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato exchanged opinions with Chairman Omi of the Government Subcommittee.
In this, Minister Kato said, ``Prime Minister Kishida has instructed us to review the new corona measures in stages and aim for normalization of socioeconomic activities.I would like to hear various stories.''
In response to this, Chairman Omi said that it is necessary to consider using fixed-point surveys and to continue to collect information on patients who are concerned about becoming seriously ill. I conveyed the idea that it is important to build a new system that can accurately grasp the infection situation, and that intensive discussions are necessary.
Chairman Omi "Timing for reviewing the grasp of all numbers, no specific talk"
After the exchange of opinions, Shigeru Omi, chairman of the government subcommittee, responded to an interview regarding the revision of the grasp of the total number of people infected with the new corona, saying, "If we stop grasping the total number of people infected, the quality of the data on the infection status will deteriorate, so It is necessary to discuss intensively what kind of methods are there to overcome," he said, recognizing that it is important to respond in stages.
Regarding the grasp of the infection situation, "If there is data in the area, it will be used, and if we do not start thinking about a new system that can monitor the infection level relatively accurately, there will be a gap in the grasp of the situation. We must continue to collect data on people at high risk of dementia," he said.
On top of that, regarding the timing of reconsidering the grasp of the total number, he said that there was no specific talk during the exchange of opinions on the 17th, and said, ``We should discuss whether there is a realistic and feasible method, so that the relevant parties can exchange opinions. I said that it is important to create a working group and have in-depth discussions.Nowadays, medical care is under pressure, so it is better to think about it separately from the exit strategy, and it is important to think according to the actual situation of the region. I think," he said.