Regarding "antibody cocktail therapy," which is a treatment method for people infected with the new coronavirus and is limited to hospitalization and outpatient care, Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura will soon be able to use it at home visits at some medical institutions. After going ahead, he expressed his desire to expand nationwide.
"Antibody cocktail therapy" is permitted not only for hospitalization and outpatient treatment, but also for accommodation treatment, but on the 15th, Prime Minister Suga announced that he had instructed Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura to consider making it possible for home visits. Did.
Minister Tamura said in a closing examination of the House of Councilors Welfare and Labor Committee, "Since there is someone in the accommodation facility 24 hours a day, we can deal with side effects, but at home, our health may deteriorate. We must establish a system that can respond immediately. "
He added, "First of all, I would like to take immediate action at several medical institutions as a model, identify issues and problems, and then expand nationwide. I want to start in the near future."
On the other hand, Chairman Omi of the government subcommittee said, "There was no idea what to do with infectious diseases in Japan's regional medical plan. It is an opportunity to review the Japanese medical system itself again. , We need to take advantage of this experience and make a fundamental review. "