Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Visits to a new PCR laboratory in collaboration with Shinjuku Ward and the Medical Association Corona April 23, 17:21
In order to strengthen the PCR testing system for determining new coronavirus infection, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Kato will visit a new laboratory established by Shinjuku Ward in collaboration with the Medical Association in Tokyo, and similar efforts will spread across the country. I showed the idea to support.
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare visited the National Center for International Medical Research in Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo on the 23rd, and visited a new laboratory that Shinjuku-ku has established in collaboration with local medical associations to strengthen the PCR testing system. Did.
Minister Kato was instructed by the person in charge that if there was a suspicion of an infection at a clinic in the ward, he could be inspected immediately at this laboratory.
After the inspection, Minister Kato told reporters, "I am hoping that the inspection capacity will be twice as high as the previous one by conducting the inspection outside the building. It is important to go ahead, and we have secured a sufficient budget for facility maintenance, so I would like you to actively utilize it, '' he said and said that he will support the spread of similar efforts nationwide. .