Some Officials See Japan Entering 7th COVID-19 Wave
Japanese prefectural officials are increasingly believing that the country is about to enter a seventh wave of COVID-19 infections as cases are surging in some regional areas.
Category: COVID-19
Visually impaired man sues Osaka employment support facility over “corona harassment”
A 39-year-old man with visual and hearing impairments claims that he suffered emotional distress because he was prohibited from going to work with a colleague who was assisting him and was advised to resign because he had been infected with a new type of coronavirus.
80 Pct of Nursing Staff in Japan Fear Getting COVID-19: Survey
The online survey, conducted by the Japanese Nursing Association on its members last autumn, obtained answers from around 5,100 members, with the response rate standing at 34.0 pct. The average age of respondents came to 41.3 and women accounted for 93.5 pct of all respondents. Of the respondents, 86.6 pct were nurses, while the rest were made up of midwives, public health nurses and others.
Coronavirus cluster found at facility for people with disabilities in Fukushima City
According to the Fukushima city ward, from the 23rd to the 27th, 12 people, including users and staff in their teens to 70s were confirmed to be infected.
Japan to start preparations for administering 4th COVID vaccine shots
Japan will start preparations for the administration of fourth shots of coronavirus vaccines, a health ministry subcommittee agreed Thursday, after the government said it would procure additional doses from two U.S. pharmaceutical companies.
The details, including whether to actually administer the additional booster shots and who would be eligible, will be determined later.
Coronavirus cluster found at Shiga medical facility for children and people with disabilities
A new cluster of the coronavirus was found a welfare facility for the people with disabilities on March 18th.
Many Blood Drives Canceled in Japan amid Pandemic
While the number of visitors to donation rooms are almost at target levels despite the pandemic, there has been a spate of cancellations of offers to accept donation buses, due to concerns about the infection spread.
Family says man with disability in central Japan died of COVID after poor hospital care
A 24-year-old man with a severe intellectual disability died four days after he was sent to hospital with COVID-19 and then returned home without sufficient examination or treatment, his family told the Mainichi Shimbun on March 9.
After Coronavirus Cluster at Hokkaido School for the Intellectually Disabled, positive Staff forced to care for positive Students
At Muroran Kotosen Gakuen in Muroran City, where children with intellectual disabilities and others are enrolled, a cluster of new coronavirus cases broke out at the end of February, forcing the staff of the isolated facility who tested positive for the virus, to provide care to those students who tested positive for the virus.
Elderly COVID-19 cases pile pressure on hospitals in Japan
Pressure on medical institutions is mounting amid a surge in the number of elderly COVID-19 patients being hospitalized and delays in the transfer of recuperating patients to backup facilities.
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