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Governor Yuriko Koike calls for measures against infection during the end of the year and the New Year
Governor Yuriko Koike held an extraordinary press conference on the 17th, in response to the situation that the spread of the new corona virus has not stopped in Tokyo, such as the record number of 822 people newly infected with the new corona virus. I will issue it. “(Digital Editorial Department, Yoshito Miwa)
Governor Koike explained the reason for issuing a special warning: “During the end of the year and the New Year, people move more actively and the risk of another infection increases. The end of the year and the New Year should be a special time. to stop the spread of infection. ” did.
At the follow-up meeting held this day to discuss the infection situation in Tokyo, he presented that the alertness of the healthcare delivery system was raised to the highest level. Governor Koike called for cooperation in infection prevention, saying: “It was noted that the number of new positives per day could reach the 1000 mark in the near future if we move at this rate.”
As a measure for the New Years and New Years holidays, he asked to spend time in small groups with people he meets on a daily basis, avoiding New Year’s Eve parties and New Year’s parties, avoiding returning home as much as possible and abstaining from dinner two weeks before returning home.
As infection in the workplace is widespread, he urged companies to disperse the end of the year and New Year holidays and to strengthen the telecommuting establishment.
At the monitoring meeting, the alertness of the health care delivery system was raised to the most serious “strict” level. The experts who attended analyzed that “it became difficult to balance the medical care of patients with new coronavirus infection with conventional medical care.”
Governor Koike asked Tokyo medical institutions to secure 4,000 beds to improve the medical system. Infected people under the age of 70 who do not have an underlying disease should consider accepting them in accommodation.
