A 54-fold rapid expansion of the infection of the new corona People with fever and other symptoms, please don't go out.

Governor Yuyu Ono, who announced that he was preparing for the sharp increase in patients, the prefectural government on the afternoon of the 12th.

　Due to the further expansion of novel coronavirus and the rapid expansion of the mutant "Omi strain", the governor of Saitama Prefecture, Yuyu Ono, made it clear at a regular press conference on the 12th that he was able to cope with the health observation of 32,000 people on their own recuperators. as well as the policy of strengthening the health care center system to prepare for the sharp increase in patients. Governor Ono said: "there are also many reported cases of infection in cities suspected of being Omicron strains, and there has been an expansion of infection of Omicron strains throughout the county. Believed to be the sixth wave, infected people increased by surpassing the "fifth wave" last summer and once again called for measures to prevent infection. < New Corona > Karaoke and positive friends... High school students are infected in clusters that spread during travel and family visits, and multiple infections occur.

　A total of 547 new novel coronavirus infections were confirmed in the county on the 12th. More than 500 people have been newly infected, the first time in about four months since 513 on September 15 last year. There were 10 people in the county on January 2, about 54 times in 10 days. For the health observation of family recuperators, health care centers and cooperative medical institutions, family recuperators and other support centers carry out health observation according to the status of patients. In addition, for support centers such as family recuperators, there is now a corresponding system for 2 practitioners and 18,000 contract healers, but in the future, 32,000 new employees and contracts can be built. Strengthen the system of health centers under the jurisdiction of the county. After the notification of the occurrence of each health care center was accepted, the patients were contacted with the confirmation of their illness the next day, and the county staff of 30 people were added to the health care center. In addition, the number of dispatched staff will increase by 120 by the end of this month. Ten aid workers were deployed at the adjustment headquarters in the counties where hospitalization adjustment was carried out, strengthening the response to the sharp increase in new infections.

　On the evening of the 11th, the utilization rate of immediate reaction beds in the county was 29.7% (296 / 995), of which 0.8% (1 / 124) was critically ill. With regard to hospital beds, it has been announced that the current 995-bed system has been transferred to the 2176-bed system when the number of patients has increased dramatically. Governor Ono on the current trend of infection "that is the new wave, the sixth wave." However, I have no idea whether it is the peak or the front, but in any case, there is a huge wave, "he said, adding that he hopes to hold an expert meeting in the near future to solicit opinions and see clearly the situation in the future. On the 12th, the county government held a meeting on novel coronavirus's countermeasure headquarters in writing, and according to the new coronal special measures law, decided to require county residents to ensure that cross-county movement, in addition to basic measures to prevent infection, could not stay outside the destination. If you have symptoms such as fever, you also decide not to go out.