A Japanese opposition lawmaker who was waiting for a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) test was shocked by sudden death on the 27th.
Member Hata died on the 27th
Fever on the 24th, worsening while waiting for the test on the 27th
“If a member of the National Assembly has not been tested for 4 days, it is a problem.”
![Hata Yuiti, a member of the Japanese Constitutional Democratic Party, died on the 27th. [사진 NHK 방송화면 캡처]](https://i0.wp.com/pds.joins.com/news/component/htmlphoto_mmdata/202012/28/1812597b-584a-45ab-a217-185b6558abf3.jpg?w=560&ssl=1)
Hata Yuiti, a member of the Japanese Constitutional Democratic Party, died on the 27th. [사진 NHK 방송화면 캡처]
According to NHK broadcasts on the 28th, Congressman Yuichiro Hata of the Constitutional Democratic Party, Japan’s first opposition party, died in a hospital in Tokyo on the 27th. 53 years old.
It is reported that Clinic Hata had a fever on the 24th, and had reserved a gene amplification (PCR) test on the 27th. However, while waiting for the examination, his physical condition rapidly deteriorated and he died while being transferred to the hospital.
It has not yet been confirmed that Congressman Hata’s death was Corona 19. According to Japanese media, Congressman Hata was suffering from diabetes due to a chronic disease.
Rep. Hata is a middle-sized politician who served as the Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport in 2012 when the Democratic Party took power as the 5th House of Councilors. He is also the son of former Japanese Prime Minister Hata Tsutomu (羽田孜, 1935-2017) who came to power in 1994. He served as the Chairman of the House of Representatives, the National Land Transportation Committee, and the Chairman of the National Assembly Countermeasure Committee of the Democratic Party, and served as the secretary of the Constitutional Democratic Party.
As an incumbent lawmaker, who served as a minister, died waiting to be tested for Corona 19, criticism of the Corona 19 test system in Japan has also emerged. In Japan, if symptoms are present, they can only be tested after consulting a designated medical institution and receiving a suspected corona19 decision from a doctor.
There are increasing numbers of people who are inspected at private inspection offices at private inspections, but there are also many people waiting at private inspection offices.
TV Asahi commentator Tamagawa Toru said in a broadcast on the 28th, “If a member of the National Assembly, the representative of the people, died after not being tested for four days, this is an issue that the National Assembly should deal with.” It has been pointed out, but it still shows that the situation is the same.”
Tokyo = Correspondent Lee Young-hee [email protected]