Over 10,000 infected governments Immediately strengthen the government medical service system New Corona April 19 5:03
While the number of people infected with the new-type coronavirus exceeds 10,000 in Japan, there are serious concerns about malfunctions in the healthcare provision system in various places, and the government has secured facilities to accommodate people with mild illness. We will urgently support the further increase in production of medical supplies such as masks.
The “Emergency Declaration” based on the law was issued to 7 prefectures such as Tokyo on 7th of this month, and the target area was expanded to the whole country after that, but the spread of new coronavirus infection is still continuing, and by 18th the domestic More than 10,000 people have been confirmed infected.
Under these circumstances, there are serious concerns about the malfunction of the medical service system in various places, the number of beds is tight, and there are also shortages of medical masks and gowns. There have also been a series of reports of cases in which emergency refusal was refused.
Based on this situation, the Japan Medical Association will propose measures in a wide range of fields from the standpoint of clinical medicine that actually treats patients on the 18th, in a wide range of fields such as prevention of infection, treatment of severely ill patients, and virus testing methods. We have set up an "expert conference".
The government will urgently secure accommodation facilities that accept people with minor illness so that medical institutions can cope with severely ill patients, and will support further increase in production of masks including other industries such as automobile and electric equipment manufacturers. We are also working to improve the treatment of medical staff by, for example, specially raising the medical fees paid to medical institutions that accept patients from.