A man at a cryogenic freezer manufacturer located in Sagamihara City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, is looking at a freezer to store the Corona 19 vaccine from Pfizer, a US pharmaceutical company. Sagamihara = AP Yonhap News
In connection with the emergency declaration issued by the Japanese government to curb the spread of the new coronavirus infection (Corona 19), it is considering extending the period in some areas, including the metropolitan area. As the deadline for issuance of emergencies is approaching one week in the future, an advisory committee composed of infectious disease experts is planning to determine the extension period and region based on the weekday infection situation.
Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga talked with Hideki Tarumi, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, and Assistant Prime Minister Hiroto Izumi, at the co-author of the Prime Minister on the 30th about the infection situation and the extension of the emergency. According to the attendees, Prime Minister Suga was known to be cautious about the release, saying, “I have to look at the situation more”.
The Japanese government divides the infection situation by region into a total of four stages, of which an emergency has been issued in the region that is the most serious of the four stages (explosive spread). It is suggested that the criteria for canceling this be lowered to three stages (infection surge). However, taking into account indicators such as the current trend of new infected people and the rate of bed use, extension of the metropolitan area 1st (Tokyo), 3 prefectures (Kanagawa, Saitama, Chiba) and Kansai (Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo), and Fukuoka Prefecture is inevitable. There are many views.
Currently, Tochigi Prefecture is judged to be within the scope of cancellation among the areas in which emergency is issued, and Aichi and Gifu Prefectures are expected to determine whether to be included in the cancellation target by examining the infection situation. In other areas, the emergency extension is planned for 3 weeks to 1 month.
Meanwhile, the possibility of the first infected group (cluster) in Japan was raised in relation to the COVID-19 mutation that caused the spread of infection in the UK. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced on the 30th that mutant infections were confirmed in four men and women in their 40s and 60s in Saitama Prefecture. Of these, three were identified as coworkers or clients, such as a man in his 40s, who was confirmed to have a mutant infection in Tokyo. A total of 7 people with mutant infections related to this workplace were identified, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is investigating the route of infection by reporting that a mutant cluster has occurred.
In addition, in Tokyo, mutant infections have been confirmed in men in their 50s who have never stayed in the UK. There were a total of 64 mutant infections in Japan, of which 15 were infected with no history of staying in the UK and who did not contact those who entered the country.
Tokyo= Kim Hoe-kyung Correspondent [email protected]
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