Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga is shown on a giant television screen as people demonstrate against the state of emergency in Tokyo, Japan, Jan. 07, 2021.
The Toda Central General Hospital, designated by The Japanese government as a stronghold hospital during disaster relief, has experienced an outbreak of a cluster infection of the Chinese Communist virus. As of January 14, a total of 310 patients and staff known to be hospitalized have been confirmed, 31 of whom have died. The hospital has suspended admission of patients and emergency services.
The Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) reported that in November last year, a staff member at Toda Central General Hospital in Toda City was first diagnosed with the Chinese communist virus (COVID-19, Wuhan pneumonia), and others have been diagnosed since then. As of January 14, as many as 310 patients and staff members have been diagnosed, and 31 of the inpatients have died.
The Toda Central General Hospital is located in Saitama Prefecture, which is adjacent to Tokyo, and the local government is investigating the cause of the spread of infection in the hospital.
On January 6, the Saitama prefectural government and the cluster infection prevention team of the Ministry of health, Labour and Welfare (equivalent to the Ministry of Health and Welfare) established a joint epidemic prevention team to provide guidance on epidemic prevention at Toda Central General Hospital in an effort to help the hospital restore its medical functions, and the situation is gradually subsiding.
In April last year, a nursing staff at the Naniwa Rehabilitation Hospital in Ikuno Ward, Osaka City, was asked to continue working at the hospital even after the diagnosis was confirmed. The hospital said during an investigation by the Health Center that it tried to find a replacement but was unable to find one, so it had no choice but to let the diagnosed nurse continue to work.
The number of seriously ill patients across Japan increased to 934 on the 15th, a record high for the 12th consecutive day. Chiba Prefecture and Ibaraki Prefecture both set local records for new cases in a single day, so Ibaraki Prefecture decided to issue its own “declaration of emergency” in the hope of avoiding a medical collapse.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government confirmed 2001 new cases on the 16th, after six days of confirming more than 2000 cases again.
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