The new virus will make every possible effort to manage the health of passengers on cruise ships The Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare February 7 at 12:48
Following the outbreak of the new coronavirus on a cruise ship, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato, at the lower house budget committee, paid due attention to ensuring the health management of those staying on board and spreading the disease throughout the country. He showed the urgent need to improve the inspection system.
Among them, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato pointed out that cruise ships with confirmed outbreaks of the new coronavirus were `` need to balance human rights and how to balance early treatment to prevent the spread of infection ''. did.
After that, he said that many of the people who remained on the boat were elderly, so he thought of eliminating exercise deficiencies and taking care of nutritional management.
In addition, regarding the inspection system that has spread, "We are distributing test kits and are currently ready to conduct tests at 60 facilities nationwide. We are making adjustments so that universities and private testing institutions throughout the country can also conduct tests. "
Furthermore, Minister Kato stated, "There is a variety of information on the SNS, and it is necessary to disseminate accurate information. We have coordinated because SNS companies have offered to cooperate."
On the other hand, Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Hagikuda stated that research on treatment, etc. "Instructed nine universities that are conducting research on infectious diseases at overseas bases to consider research. Collecting new coronavirus data in cooperation with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare And research that will lead to the development of diagnostics and therapeutics. "