As the medical care provision system became tight due to the spread of the new coronavirus infection, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura requested the National Governors' Association to encourage patients to be accepted by as many medical institutions as possible.
Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura met online with Chairman Iizumi of the National Governors' Association on the night of the 14th.
Minister Tamura said, "Many public and private medical institutions are also in charge of specialized medical care and emergency medical care while accepting corona patients, but if you can afford it, I would like to ask you to secure a bed." Said.
He requested that medical institutions be encouraged to accept patients by using national support measures, even if they have not accepted patients until now.
He also called for preparations for vaccination.
In response, Chairman Iizumi expressed his belief that it is necessary to create measures to prevent the turnover of medical professionals and to extend the special measures for employment adjustment subsidies.
After that, Chairman Iizumi said about accepting patients at medical institutions, "I think the biggest challenge is that the management of hospitals that accept patients will become stricter."