As of Friday, July 29

In this prefecture, due to an explosion of infections with 6,000 new cases per day, the bed occupancy rate of secured beds accepting patients with new coronavirus infections exceeded 70%, the highest this year. Due to the strong contagiousness of the Omicron strain BA.5, about 20% of the hospitals accepting the virus had clusters, and dozens of medical staff at the hospital had to take leave due to infection or close contact, and the ward was closed. Hospitalization and surgeries for general patients have also been restricted.

People with fever and cold symptoms are rushing to fever outpatient clinics and hospitals, as well as emergency outpatients on nights and holidays . It's gone.

For this reason, there are an increasing number of cases where it is difficult for ambulances to immediately transport corona and other emergency patients to hospitals.

As of July 28

Shizuoka Prefecture's medical care system is about to fall into the worst tight situation in its history. In order not to aggravate this tight situation any further and to normalize medical care in the prefecture as soon as possible, we are hereby issuing a "Shizuoka Prefectural Medical Crisis Warning" and requesting the cooperation of the citizens of the prefecture.

1Request for vaccination

In order to prevent the spread of the corona virus in Shizuoka Prefecture, now is the time to get everyone vaccinated. If you are 5 years old or older and have not been vaccinated, if you are 12 years old or older and are on your 3rd dose, or if you are 60 or older or under 60 years old and have an underlying disease and are eligible for the 4th dose but have not yet completed the vaccination, please do so as soon as possible. Please inoculate.

2Request for proper medical examination

Those under the age of 60 who have been vaccinated and have no underlying diseases have a low risk of becoming severely ill with the Omicron strain. increase. We ask for your cooperation so that the elderly, those with underlying diseases who are more likely to become seriously ill from COVID-19, and those with emergencies other than COVID-19 can receive medical care promptly.

3 Request to wear appropriate masks during conversations and meals

At BA.5, the highest level of contagion ever, there is a high risk that conversation without a mask = (equals) infection. Please only talk or eat with your family without wearing a mask, and be sure to wear a mask when talking with people other than your family, and have a complete masked dinner . If you can't have a mask dinner when you get drunk, please drink non-alcoholic.

4. Voluntary request to refrain from going out for non-essential and non-urgent reasons

If you have determined that you are at risk of becoming seriously ill, or if you want to avoid infection as much as possible due to work or family circumstances, contact with other people will increase and the risk of infection will increase while the emergency medical alert is issued. Please reconsider the necessity of going out to the scene and refrain from going out as much as possible .

Efforts that we would like citizens and businesses to take concretely

To all citizens of the prefecture ("self-help" efforts)

○ Early vaccination

・The side effects of Novavax vaccines for the third time tend to be less than those of Pfizer and Moderna.

・If you are particularly young and have refrained from taking the third vaccination due to adverse reactions, please consider getting the Novavax vaccine .

○ Appropriate examination

Adverse reaction frequency after the third vaccination of Novavax vaccine (as of July 14)

・Those under the age of 60 who do not have underlying diseases and have been vaccinated, the disease can be cured by resting at home and over-the-counter medicines. Please prepare cough medicine and fever reducer in advance .

・In order not to delay medical treatment for people who urgently need emergency medical care , refrain from visiting a doctor at night or on holidays if you only have mild cold symptoms. Please give me. (If you are concerned about your child's symptoms, please call #8000 (Shizuoka Children's Emergency Telephone Consultation) as necessary.)

・Emergency medical care is very tight, so please be careful of accidents such as water accidents and traffic accidents, and use air conditioning appropriately to avoid heatstroke .

○Wearing a mask

・When eating and drinking, take off your mask and talk only with family members or people you usually hang out with. Do not talk with other people when eating, and always wear a non-woven mask when talking. Please do so.

・Especially when talking with a large number of people for a long time, please ensure that everyone wears a non-woven mask . If you do not ventilate frequently, the risk of infection increases due to the high infectivity of BA.5.

・In order to prevent heat stroke, " masks are not required outdoors unless there are other people around " and " pre-school children do not need masks in principle ".

・Please carry a mask with you at all times so that you can put it on and take it off properly . ○ Precautions when traveling or returning home

・Reconsider the necessity of going out to places where there is a high risk of infection, and refrain from doing so as much as possible .

・If you go out, please be careful about actions with a high risk of infection at the place you visit.

・In particular, when visiting places where there are people with a high risk of becoming seriously ill, please thoroughly wash your hands and disinfect your hands in addition to wearing a non-woven mask.

To all business operators (Efforts for “mutual assistance”)

○ Efforts at business sites

・Employers should thoroughly implement basic infection prevention measures in workplaces and stores, especially encourage ventilation , take infection prevention measures when changing places of residence , work from home, staggered commuting hours, etc. Please continue to take measures to prevent infection, such as efforts to reduce

○ Efforts at schools, etc.

・Thoroughly implement infection prevention measures and avoid activities that pose a high risk of infection at schools and daycare centers.

・If staff members, children, or students have cold symptoms, please refrain from club and extracurricular activities, take over-the-counter medicine (cough medicine, antipyretic, etc.), and rest at home.

○ Efforts at welfare facilities, etc.

・Business operators of welfare facilities, etc., are requested to cooperate in the early detection of positive cases by conducting regular tests once a week using the simple antigen qualitative kits distributed by the prefecture .

○ Notes on events

・Event organizers are requested to thoroughly implement basic infection prevention measures, create a list of participants, and use the contact-confirming app “COCOA” to keep track of participants.

・When holding an event with more than 5,000 participants and a capacity rate of more than 50%, please submit an “infection prevention and safety plan” that describes specific infection prevention measures to the prefecture.

・Encourage participants to wear masks during conversations and crowded situations at the event.

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* ! indicates prefectures where the number of new positive cases per 100,000 people is 1.5 times higher than the national average

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Scheduled to be announced next time: Friday, August 5, 2022

*Even before the above announcement, it may be announced at any time as necessary.

Data provided: July 29, 2020 (Friday) Shizuoka Prefecture by municipality "Number of new positive people per 100,000 people in the most recent week"

As of 15:00 on July 28, 2022

Population (A)

unit person

Cumulative against population

100,000 positive B/(A/100)

person by person

973.2 Numazu City 1023.4 Atami City 1002.4 Mishima City

705.3 Fujinomiya City

768.6 Ito City 1092.3 Fuji City

729.3 Gotemba City860.1 Shimoda City619.1 Susono City598.1 Izu City919.6 Izunokuni City441.8 Higashiizu Town477.8 Kawazu Town414.1 Minamiizu Town384.2 Matsuzaki Town541.7 Nishiizu Town876.3 Kannami Town887.9 Shimizu Town860.2 Nagaizumi Town607.5 Oyama Town

12,148
2,330
6,532
6,495
3,507

15,026
6,601
1,254
2,382
1,240
3,076

343
220
219
148
281

2,551
2,246
2,908
1,279

Eastern 20 municipalities

Chubu 7 cities and towns

1,180,970

1,147,201

2,694

3,950

3,707

10,389

228.12

344.32

281.81

5,110

7,012

6,492 18,701

432.70

611.23

493.54

10,412 881.65
1155.4 Shizuoka City

70,786 55,284 5,212 9,878 8,600 2,664 2,084 120 83,842 53,970 11,791 7,521 5,931 3,925 2,034 3,608 955 89,735 1,723 Total (Shizuoka Prefecture) 08 646

Eastern 20 municipalities

708.6 Shimada City 738.6 Yaizu City 658.8 Fujieda City 562.4 Makinohara City 670.4 Yoshida Town 139.8 Kawanehon Town

11,082 966.00
903.3 Hamamatsu City

Chubu 7 cities and towns

1055.9 Iwata City 985.8 Kakegawa City 1130.8 Fukuroi City 724.4 Kosai City

589.2 Omaezaki City 914.4 Kikugawa City 630.5 Morimachi

Western 8 municipalities total (Shizuoka Prefecture)

1,315,407
3,643,578

12,182 926.10

Western 8 municipalities

others

285.13 *2 Figures are preliminary figures and may be revised or changed at a later date due to detailed investigations of infected people.

513.26

33,749 926.26

*1 Population is the estimated population by municipality as of May 1, 2019.

National Level Classification for Evaluating the Status of New Coronavirus Infections and Medical Crisis, etc., and the Prefecture's Response [Omicron Stock Version] (Operation from July 12, 2022)

Country Evaluation level

Indicator Share of new infections, etc.

Required measures

・Requesting citizens and business establishments to restrain their behavior as much as possible

・Restrictions on general medical care at the discretion of the prefecture and medical sites

・Necessary measures for each region, such as strong appeals to citizens of the prefecture, priority measures such as epidemic prevention, emergency measures, etc.

・Avoid behavior with high risk of infection・Take necessary measures to prevent the spread of infection

Implementation ・Strengthening of public health center system, required hospital beds

Securing in stages

Main measures taken by the prefecture according to the national evaluation level (Note 1) Restaurants Events

Requesting self-restraint and restrictions on activities stronger than level 3 throughout the prefecture

Requests to apply emergency measures and priority measures depending on the situation

1 week

sick bed

Going out/moving

Office

4 levels

Level at which countermeasures should be strengthened

Level at which caution 2 should be strengthened

Level to be maintained1

-

-

Exceeded maximum number of beds

Current bed occupancy rate and critically ill bed occupancy rate over 50%

Avoid

・In addition to level 2 measures, refrain from going out to places with a high risk of infection within and outside the prefecture, and refrain from unnecessary and non-urgent travel to other prefectures (Note 2).

・In addition to level 2 measures, shorten business hours, suspend operations, and refrain from offering alcoholic beverages (Note 2)

・In addition to level 2 measures, restrictions on the scale of the event (number of participants and accommodation rate) (Note 2)

・Comply with industry-specific guidelines ・Strongly reduce the number of commuters

Promotion ・Organization of visitors to facilities, etc.

* 1 and any of 2 to 4

(Status) Increased for 12 consecutive weeks

(per 100,000 people) 2,100 or more

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(Bed occupancy rate) Upward trend at 320% or more

(Number of hospitalized patients) 4,100 or more, increasing trend

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Strengthening and thoroughness of basic infection prevention measures (requesting movement restrictions, etc. as necessary depending on the infection situation and medical emergency situation)

・In addition to Level 1 response, call attention to actions that pose a high risk of infection

・In addition to level 1 measures, further thorough infection prevention measures such as frequent ventilation and avoidance of crowds

・In addition to level 1 measures, further thorough infection prevention measures

・Comply with industry-specific guidelines ・Implement measures to reduce contact with people

Thoroughness of

・Thorough implementation of basic infection prevention measures・Continuation of basic infection prevention measures

・Compliance with industry-specific guidelines

・More than 5,000 people and more than 50% accommodation rate ・Compliance with industry-specific guidelines

・Promotion of vaccination・Infection prevention measures of certified shops, etc. cooperate in acquisition Use of stores that have submitted a preventive safety plan and secured a medical system

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Infected - - Same as above Same as above Same as above Same as above

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(Note 1) Actual measures will be implemented as necessary based on the infection situation and medical emergency situation.

(Note 2) In the case of certified stores and inspections of all eligible persons, the requirements may be relaxed (not relaxed if stronger measures are required).