Draft Basic Policy of Government “Providing a system for providing medical services centered on severely ill patients by increasing the number of patients” Feb. 24, 19:29

The draft of the government's basic policy, which includes specific measures to prevent the spread of the new coronavirus, has been found. In addition to taking measures to prevent the spread of infection to curb the pace of patient growth, if the number of patients increases significantly in the future, we will develop a healthcare provision system centered on severely ill patients. The main pillar is to seek medical treatment at home.

Visit medical institutions indiscriminately Avoid environments that are susceptible to infection

Regarding the new coronavirus, the government held a meeting of experts on the 24th, and based on the opinions of experts, drafted a comprehensive basic policy including concrete measures.

According to the report, the current situation is that "patients whose transmission route is unclear are sporadic in multiple areas in Japan, and small outbreaks are known in some areas."

"Suppressing the rate of patient increase as much as possible is important to curb future epidemics, and in the future, in the event that the number of patients increases significantly, a medical provision system centered on measures for severely ill patients, etc. It is also a preparation period to prepare for. "

He urges the public to avoid frequent medical consultations and access to vulnerable environments, saying that this is an extremely important time in minimizing future health hazards. .

If you have symptoms of cold

Next is a concrete measure.

If people have a cold or other symptoms of fever, they will call on the people and businesses to take time off or go out of their way, and they will not be required to hold a uniform event. It is requested that the necessity of the event be reconsidered based on the situation of the venue.

When the number of patients increases in the area

As a measure to prevent the spread of infection, if the number of patients continues to increase in the region in the future, surveys to investigate the route of infection and health observations for close contacts will shrink, and the response will be shifted to broader requests for self-restraint cooperation. doing.

In case of mild cold symptoms Rest and medical treatment at home in principle

Regarding the healthcare provision system, at present, those who are suspected to be infected should call the "Returnees / Contacts Consultation Center" and have a referral to the specialized "Returnees / Contacts Outpatient". Therefore we take measures such as hospitalization.

If the number of patients increases significantly in the future, it will be accepted that (1) general medical institutions will take measures to prevent infection, such as classifying treatment hours and traffic lines, and then accepting patients.

At the same time, we will gradually reduce the number of specialized outpatients, starting from designated medical institutions that are expected to accept a large number of severely ill patients.

In addition, if the symptoms of cold are mild, in principle, rest and medical treatment at home will be required.If the condition changes, consult a physician and ask for a consultation. In order to prevent infection, people with basic illnesses and other diseases are required to establish a system that eliminates the need to consult a medical institution, such as issuing a prescription by telephone.

The government will open a task force on 25th to determine and announce the basic policy.