Chiba Prefecture announced on June 28 that 57 people, including staff and residents, had been infected with the new coronavirus at a welfare facility for the disabled in Higashisho Town. The facility has already been confirmed infected with female cooks in their forties in the 28 days, bringing the total to 58.
Governor Morita held a press conference on the night of the 28th, showing that a total of 57 people, including 26 of the staff of the Hokuso Fostering Center for the Disabled and Welfare Facilities for the Disabled in Higashisho Town, were infected with 57 new coronaviruses. We announced that it was newly confirmed.
This welfare facility for persons with disabilities has been set up by Funabashi City, and on the afternoon of the 28th, a woman in her 40s living in Katori City, who works as a cook at this facility, was infected with the new coronavirus. Was going on.
Since there are some residents who have not been tested yet, the staff and residents have to wait at home or in their own room for virus tests.
Expert “Three places are likely to overlap in the facility”
A total of 58 people, both staff and residents, were confirmed to be infected at the welfare facilities for the disabled in Chiba Prefecture, according to Professor Atsuro Hamada of Tokyo Medical University who is familiar with infectious diseases. It is considered that the risk of spreading out from here is low if appropriate measures are taken. In general, the environment inside the facility must be tightly closed, dense and close even if care is taken about ventilation. The two “dense” tend to overlap, and outbreaks have occurred at facilities in the United States and elsewhere. Assuming that such a situation will occur, it is important to measure the temperature of the staff and take measures not to bring them into the facility, such as not going to work if the physical condition is bad, or ensuring thorough hygiene management of people such as family members from outside. “
