Japan newly diagnosed 614 new cases of new crown, authorities will carry out second wave of antibody testing

　　China News Service, November 2 According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), on November 1, 614 new confirmed cases of new crown in Japan, a total of more than 102,000 confirmed cases; 6 new deaths, and a total of 1776 deaths example.

In order to find out the general situation of the spread of the epidemic since the summer, the authorities will carry out 10,000-scale new crown antibody tests.

Data map: Japan under the epidemic.

Photo by China News Agency reporter Lu Shaowei

　　According to reports, among the newly confirmed cases that day, Osaka Prefecture had the largest number of 123 cases; the number of confirmed cases in Tokyo also reached 116, exceeding 100 cases for 13 consecutive days.

　　Regarding the current situation of the epidemic, the head of the Tokyo Metropolitan Government said, “Although there has not been a sharp increase in the number of infected people, from a national point of view, (confirmed cases) are increasing. I hope everyone will do it when traveling and other activities. Good epidemic prevention measures".

　　According to a report by Japan’s “Yomiuri Shimbun” on the 2nd, in order to find out the spread of the epidemic since the summer, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan is planning to carry out a 10,000-scale COVID-19 antibody test in December. This is the second time the country has conducted a large-scale test. Scale antibody testing.

　　According to the report, in the first antibody test conducted in June, a total of about 8,000 people from Tokyo, Osaka Prefecture and Miyagi Prefecture participated.

The test results (antibody retention rate) were 0.1% in Tokyo, 0.17% in Osaka, and 0.03% in Miyagi.

　　According to reports, the second wave of inspections planned to be carried out in December will add some areas to the above three places, and the scale of implementation will exceed 10,000.

It is said that in addition to finding out the infection situation since this summer, the test target may also have an overall grasp of the proportion of people who are not susceptible to the new crown.