On February 15, 15,931 people were tested by PCR in Japan, 965 people were newly diagnosed and 72 people died. There were a total of 417,746 cases and a total of 7042 deaths. 385097 people were discharged, accounting for 92.1% of the total number of cases.
There are 23197 (-1632) infected people in Japan.
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Tokyo underreported 838 confirmed cases of new crown
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government announced on the 15th that a number of health centers in the city were engaged in data collection. Work errors such as “forgetting to press the confirmation button of the data collection system” and “unsuccessful sending of faxes” caused the Tokyo metropolitan epidemic data to be underreported from November 18, 2020 to January 31, 2021, and accumulatively missed diagnoses Up to 838 cases.
It is reported that after some health centers in Tokyo discovered problems in late January, they notified the Tokyo Metropolitan Government that they needed to modify the confirmed case data. The Metropolitan Government only discovered the underreporting problem after careful confirmation. Specifically, the Katsushika Ward Health Center in Tokyo had the largest number of missed cases, with 390 cases, the Ikebukuro Health Center in Toshima City missed 228 cases, and the Shibuya Ward Health Center missed 96 cases. After adding the underreported cases, the highest number of newly confirmed cases in a single day set by Tokyo on January 7 also rose from 2,447 to 2,520.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government stated that the reason for underreporting was "the increase in the number of people infected at the end of the year and the increase in the workload of health centers".
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plans to conduct a post-vaccination survey of 3 million people
(Kyodo News) The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare held an expert meeting on the 15th,It was decided to conduct a questionnaire survey on the health status of 3 million people after the new crown vaccination. After the start of vaccination for people over 65 years of age on April 1, helpers will be recruited. It is planned to track the more frequent adverse reactions such as fever and physical fatigue for three vaccines, including the approved Pfizer vaccine.
In order to confirm the safety of Pfizer vaccine, on February 17th, 10,000 to 20,000 medical personnel will be vaccinated in hospitals and other places in Tokyo. Regardless of whether the cause is a vaccine, information on adverse reactions after vaccination will be collected and published regularly. Some participants will have a one-year health observation conducted by pharmaceutical companies. After the start of the comprehensive vaccination for ordinary people, the safety-related information collected through the questionnaire will be released.
The questionnaire survey plan is implemented for each vaccine and about 500,000 people per vaccination. In addition to Ruihui, if the vaccines of Modena in the United States and AstraZeneca in the United Kingdom are also targeted, the investigation will cover a total of 3 million doses of vaccines because they both need to be vaccinated twice.
Each prefecture selects one to several vaccination sites, and asks the helpers to answer their physical conditions on the day of vaccination, one week after, and two weeks later. The data will be counted every two weeks. Symptoms of severe systemic allergic reactions and severe symptoms suspected of being inoculated within 4 hours after vaccination will require medical institutions to individually report to the central government.
In addition, the expert meeting of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare also agreed on Pfizer vaccine on the 15th to temporarily exclude pregnant women from the targets of the "duty of effort" stipulated in the "Vaccination Law" (duty of effort is to prevent severe illness In order to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, there is a strong requirement for cooperation. Whether or not to be vaccinated is up to the individual to judge, and there will be no penalty even if not.)
The reason is that sufficient effectiveness and safety data have not been collected. However, if the doctor judges that the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, they can also be vaccinated. In addition, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare has determined that the target of vaccinations against the new coronavirus in Japan is people over 16 years old, and people who have been infected with the new coronavirus will also be included. All costs are borne by the state, and vaccination is free. Vaccination is not mandatory, and there is no penalty. In principle, it is for volunteers.
ended at 18:00 on February 16 in Japan epidemic:
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