As the position of the novel coronavirus under the Infectious Diseases Act will be shifted to "Category 5" on May 8, the city of Yokohama will end the operation of hospitals specializing in the novel coronavirus at the end of this month. We have decided to maintain the adjustment.
In response to the new corona's position under the Infectious Diseases Act moving to "Type 5", Yokohama City has compiled a future response policy.
According to this, Yokohama City will end the operation of "Yokohama Hajime Hospital", which was opened as a new corona hospital in December the year before, at the end of this month.
On the other hand, it is necessary to maintain the system for accepting consultations from citizens about the new corona, and the "infectious disease call center" will continue.
In addition, in order to smoothly accept hospitalization of corona patients in the future, we will continue to have a special team called "Y-CERT", which is unique to the city and coordinate hospitalization.
In addition, regarding the new coronavirus vaccine, Yokohama City plans to start additional vaccinations from May 8 for those at high risk of becoming seriously ill, such as the elderly and those with underlying diseases, as well as medical and nursing care workers. is.