Regarding the treatment of the new corona under the Infectious Diseases Law, the Japan Medical Association's Executive Director Kamaya believes that it is desirable to make a decision by forming a consensus among the relevant parties after showing understanding of the discussion of the review. showed.
On the 29th, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato announced that he would proceed with early discussions on the review of the treatment of the new corona under the Infectious Diseases Act, including downgrading it to the same classification as seasonal influenza.
Regarding this, Executive Director of the Japan Medical Association Kamaya said at a press conference, "If there is a large spread of infection in the future, in order to ensure that medical care is provided appropriately, it will be necessary to Instead, we need to have a firm discussion from this stage and explore the direction," he said.
On the other hand, "Infection prevention measures cannot be easily relaxed. I am aware that there are opinions that it is better to review them sooner from the perspective of turning socio-economic activities, but from the standpoint of providing medical care, we should be careful. I hope that the government will make appropriate policy decisions after building a consensus."
In addition, regarding public expenditures such as vaccination, he said, ``I'm opposed to drastically stopping it while the number of infected people is increasing and the future situation is unknown.''