Care facility workers say Government cloth masks too small for adults
Matsuzaki Akiyo, the facility’s manager, says she prefers disposable masks because cloth masks are said to be less effective in preventing infections.
Category: COVID-19
Medical Systems in Japan in Peril amid Coronavirus Crisis
As well as a shortage of protective gear, doctors and nurses are on the brink of collapse from exhaustion. If the situation worsens, lives that could have been saved will be lost, a health care worker has warned.
Fall in sales of bread made at welfare facility due to COVID-19, places disabled people in a difficult situation
Sales of bread made by a welfare workplace for persons with disabilities in Saitama City have fallen sharply due to the effects of the spread of new coronavirus infections, which resulted in the closing of one of their childcare centers.
Japan to declare nationwide state of emergency amid virus spread
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has decided to expand the state of emergency currently effective for selected prefectures to the entire nation in an attempt to prevent the new coronavirus from spreading further and straining the country’s health care system, a government official said Thursday.
‘Mass infection’ at Hiroshima social welfare facility requires tests on people ‘related’ to facility
Concluding that a mass infection occurred at the facility, the Hiroshima government conducted virus tests on people related to the facility.
Hiroshima facility for persons with disabilities confirms 18 new cases of coronavirus
A total of 18 people were newly confirmed to be infected, including 11 residents and 7 staff at the facility for intellectually disabled people, “Mishin Gakuen,” located in Saeki Ward, Hiroshima City.
Concerned about ‘selecting lives’, disability group sends letter to PM Abe
With the spread of the new coronavirus infection, due to the lack of ventilators, a debate about who should give priority has started in Japan.
40 new COVID-19 cases confirmed in Saitama at facilities for disabled people
At two facilities for the disabled, operated by a social welfare corporation in Tokorozawa City, a total of 10 staff members and users were found to be infected, and the prefecture was examined as a cluster.
As COVID-19 cases increase in Japan, disability researchers warn of ‘neglect’ and ‘crisis’
Professor Shinya Tateiwa of Ritsumeikan University, issued a statement in light of the spread of the new coronavirus, “so as not to neglect the lives of people with disabilities,” calling upon healthcare professionals. Amid concerns over the the healthcare delivery system, such as the lack of beds and respirators to accommodate patients, Tateiwa expressed a sense of crisis as his life could be selected.
Anxiety rises at Chiba Prefecture facilities for disabled people as “non-contact type thermometer is not available”
Shigeo Hoshino, the manager of Akebono-no-en, said: “The country attaches great importance to refraining from going out and refraining from contact with people. I’m afraid of the spread of the infection because of the nature of the facility, which means that people live in groups. “
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