Hokkaido announced on the 29th that 38 people were confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 in Hokkaido bringing the total number of infected people to 726. The infection has spread to facilities for the disabled and the elderly, with three new people being confirmed at the facility for the disabled, “Kouyoen”
According to Toyama city, one of the people infeced is a male teenager who uses a facility for the disabled. The other is a female nurse in her 20s working at Toyama Municipal Hospital where a cluster of COVID-19 cases has been found.
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At a welfare facility for persons with disabilities in Shibuya, Tokyo, where an outbreak of the new coronavirus occurred, two new people were found to have been infected, bringing the total number of infected people at this facility to twelve people.
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In response to the outbreak of the new coronavirus at a welfare facility for people with disabilities in Chiba Prefecture, the director of affiliated facilities told the families of people with disabilities about the current status of the facility.
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Of the seven prefectures that were initially covered by the the state of emergency being declared in Japan, Saitama is the only the prefecture to have no sign language interpreter at the Governor’s press conferences.
Care homes for the elderly and disabled face difficulties with the COVID-19 threat.
To prevent the coronavirus spreading further, the facility’s interior is now split into “zones” based on the risk of infection. The residential area, which is prone to virus transmission, is labelled the “red zone,” and entry is prohibited to all but the on-site medical team and facility staff wearing protective gear.
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