“Some testing organizations have reached their virus testing capacity limit.”
In response to the spread of the new coronavirus, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato stated at the lower house budget committee that there was a possibility that some laboratories might have reached the limit of virus testing and suppressed acceptance. In the above, he showed his intention to expand the inspection system.
In this report, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato stated that the number of virus tests per day from 18 to 23 this month was 656 when the number was small and 1594 when the number was large, a total of about 5,700. Revealed.
Minister Kato then said, "We have requested an inspection but have not been given a response. Since the amount we have at ourselves is reaching its limit, there may be places where we need to curb it. I would like to listen to my voice and respond to them one by one. "
Regarding the successive infections of employees such as the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, Minister Kato said, "I feel very liable for the infection. I want to take action. "
On the other hand, Chief Cabinet Secretary Kan said that there was a problem with the government's response after disembarking passengers from the cruise ship where the outbreak was confirmed, saying, `` Scientific knowledge and information currently available Judging by listening to the opinions of experts, such as discussions at expert meetings, we are not just responding to them, but we are also doing follow-up afterwards. "
In addition, Minister Kato said that Deputy Minister Hashimoto of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, who is responding on a cruise ship with confirmed outbreaks, is healthy without fever so far, and will carry out virus tests at the time of disembarkation in the future I explained.
He also revealed that Vice Minister Hashimoto will not attend the lower house plenary meeting to be held on the 27th.