Tokyo Metropolitan Government Response to Covid-19 (No 109)

■ The establishment of oxygen stations

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is steadily opening “oxygen stations.” These are facilities staffed by doctors and nurses 24 hours a day to temporarily accept and provide oxygen and other necessary care to patients with mild or moderate symptoms. Please refer to the attachment for more information.

Tokyo will continue to strengthen the health care system by securing health care providers and hospital beds in cooperation with the national government, and advance initiatives to protect lives.

■ For the analysis of the infection situation and the system for health care provision, and information on the vaccination situation in Tokyo, please see the attachment.

■ YouTube broadcast by Tokyo Governor Koike

Governor Koike broadcasts a program in English on Thursdays at 7:15 p.m. to deliver the latest monitoring report on COVID-19 and useful information about Tokyo’s new normal.

You can access the video after the original broadcast at

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xblnoZvuk6Q&list=PLBuPgafouWckd70VYq5r_4Wa1ykoJYV7f&index=1

■ On the TMG website, we are providing COVID-19 related information for more accurate understanding of matters such as the current COVID-19 situation and the health care system in Tokyo, based on analyses by medical and epidemiological experts. For further information, please visit the URL below.

https://www.fukushihoken.metro.tokyo.lg.jp/english/health-crisis/monitoring.html

** To see notifications sent by the TMG International Affairs Division containing disaster-related information or COVID-19 updates such as this one, please access the following URL address. (Messages are listed by the date sent.)

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1eMFBAOmNTIfKGMaohKcwVK13Cdt8RXsc