The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has indicated a policy to switch to ``fixed-point monitoring'' regarding the understanding of infection trends after the position of the new coronavirus under the Infectious Diseases Act has shifted to ``5'', but it is specifically reported for seasonal influenza. We have decided to request medical institutions that are doing this to report the number of patients, etc. even with the new corona, and to publish it once a week.
In order to grasp the infection trend of the new corona, medical institutions and others are currently conducting a "total grasp" to report all infected people. It is a policy to switch to a "fixed point grasp" that reports to a designated medical institution.
Regarding this, a specific method was considered at a subcommittee of experts from the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare held on the 9th. Regarding the selection of medical institutions, about 5000 medical institutions designated as fixed points for seasonal influenza. , the number of patients with the new corona was also requested to be reported once a week.
Depending on the local government, depending on the actual situation of the medical provision system, it is said that the fixed point medical institution will be adjusted.
In addition, the number of hospitalized and severely ill patients will be reported from approximately 500 medical institutions designated as sentinel points for seasonal influenza as soon as preparations are completed.
On the other hand, we will continue the genome analysis that local governments and others are conducting to understand the occurrence of new mutant strains, but in order to reduce the burden on local governments, we will reduce the target number of analyzes to about a quarter of the current number. to
In the future, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare will continue to consider how to grasp the number of deaths, and will proceed with preparations for the transition to a "fixed point grasp".