Disability News Japan Podcast: Ishikawa experiences medical woes after quake, supply shortage and infections a concern

By Barrier Free Japan

January 9 2024

Ishikawa Pref – Mayor Shigeru Sakaguchi of Wajima City, Ishikawa Prefecture, announced on January 7th that one victim of the Noto Peninsula earthquake who had evacuated to an evacuation center in the city had died of hypothermia.

Nine people at evacuation center in Ishikawa were infected with norovirus and two people were infected with the new coronavirus.

They were all in the same evacuation center.

Episode notes: https://barrierfreejapan.com/2024/01/08/ishikawa-experiences-medical-woes-after-quake-supply-shortage-and-infections-a-concern/