Jimu news reporter Song Qingying
A Chinese blogger survived 21 days of "self-healing" after being diagnosed in Japan; a Chinese student in Japan did not know whether he had to get the new crown or not get a vaccine... The Jimu news reporter contacted the two Chinese students, who told their stories of their difficult fight against the epidemic in Japan.
Chinese in Japan experienced the new crown: self-healing by carrying hard for 21 days
Some time ago, the very popular blogger "Wang Yan Diary" on Douyin clocked in on Douyin every day, recording in detail the whole process of self-rehabilitation in isolation at home for 21 days after being diagnosed with the new crown in Japan.
Wang Yan's diary vibrato
In mid-to-late July, after a week of persistent low-grade fever, Wang Yan, who lives in Japan, tested positive for COVID-19. However, due to his mild illness, he was not accepted by a Japanese hospital and could only isolate himself at home for self-healing.
He said that the main way to deal with mildly symptomatic patients in Japan is that the health center calls him every day to ask about his condition, but when he asked whether other treatment measures could be provided in addition to home isolation, the health care said that "there is no and no medicine." ”
In Wang Yan's words: "It is good to carry well, and if you are not able to carry a serious illness, the hospital will accept it." ”
During the period when Wang Yan was diagnosed, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga announced that due to the lack of sufficient isolation and treatment places in hospitals, the threshold for hospitalization of confirmed COVID-19 patients has been raised, so more and more Infected People in Japan have to choose to recuperate at home.
During this time, Wang Yan once tried to contact the health center by phone because of obvious physical discomfort, the health center telephone was often busy, sometimes it was opened but it was asked to transfer to other medical institutions, and the names of the institutions were diverse, there were "medical information centers", "new crown talk centers" and "Nagoya health centers", but they were all kicking balls at each other, and the process was anxious. Wang Yan could only give up: "I finally know why Japan can't control the new crown, and their attitude towards the new crown is not to heal, but to heal itself." ”
By the end of the isolation period, Wang Yan's mentality had "lying flat", fortunately, his condition also began to improve, and he recovered in early August.
But not all patients have Wang Yan's ability and luck to heal himself.
According to data from the Japanese Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the 9th, in the six months from January to June this year, the number of confirmed COVID-19 infections reported to the central government reached 84.
According to the "Yomiuri Shimbun" report, on the 13th, a new crown patient in his 80s in Chiba Prefecture died, the old man was forced to receive treatment at home due to his previous asymptomatic and basic diseases, and on the 10th, her self-measured blood oxygen concentration dropped, but she did not find a hospital for treatment, and unfortunately died after returning home.
"As long as it is not too sick to die, the hospital will not accept it"
The first reason for the Japanese government's "abandonment of treatment" is the imminent collapse of the medical system. Since the 13th, the number of new infections in Japan has exceeded 20,000 for the first time, the highest record since the outbreak of the epidemic, and the confirmed and severe cases in Tokyo have reached a new high on the same day. Yoshihide Higashi said Tokyo's healthcare system is in an extremely dire situation.
To this end, the Jimu News reporter also contacted a Chinese netizen who is currently studying in Tokyo, Japan, "Brother Suo", who introduced the current epidemic situation in Japan.
"Brother Suo" is from Jiangsu Province, currently studying in a second year of graduate school at a university in Tokyo, has been living in Japan for 7 years, and now his school has been changed to distance learning due to the epidemic.
Like "Wang Yan", Xiaohong (pseudonym), a Chinese friend of "Brother Suo", had a fever of about 38.5 degrees some time ago, and after testing positive for the new crown after a nucleic acid test, went to several hospitals near the residence, but was rejected and asked to take care of herself at home. And after Xiaohong was isolated at home, she did not receive any more calls from the health center. "Japan's epidemic prevention has given up the feeling."
Chat history of Xiaohong (pseudonym) and "Brother Lock"
When asked about the current treatment of new crown patients in Japan, "Brother Suo" said, "As long as it is not too sick to die, the hospital will not accept it." ”
According to Japanese media reports, due to the sharp deterioration of the epidemic, medical resources have reached their limits. Tochigi Prefecture's intensive care beds are almost full. It is said that critically ill COVID-19 patients are still looking for hospitals to receive them, while some ordinary patients have been postponed for several months. Yuji Morizawa, director of the Infection Control Department at the Affiliated Hospital of Autonomous Medical University, screamed in crash: "The hospital has collapsed!" ”
According to "Brother Lock", local hospitals in Japan generally do not have beds to treat new crown patients, and there are not enough hospital personnel to cope with the steady stream of new patients. "It's all too common in the news that seriously ill patients are rejected by hospitals."
The Japanese government held a cabinet meeting on the 2nd, and basically decided to limit the number of hospitalized patients to seriously ill patients. Previously, patients with mild and asymptomatic diseases were recuperated at home or in accommodation, and those with intermediate symptoms or above were hospitalized in principle.
According to statistics, as of August 1, about 30,000 people have been nursing at home in the six prefectures of Saitama, Chiba, Tokyo, Kanagawa, Osaka, and Okinawa, where emergency declarations have been issued. Further increases are expected as a result of the change of policy.
There was no centralized testing, the vaccine was not lined up, "maybe I was already infected"
In addition to facing hospital refusals, Japan has demonstrated the government's inability to do anything about epidemic prevention and control in many aspects.
Source: CNN
The diagnosis itself is a conundrum. Because collective nucleic acid testing is rarely organized in Tokyo, only when the body feels uncomfortable and takes the initiative to go to the hospital to do nucleic acid can they find out whether they are infected, which makes many asymptomatic patients unclear whether they are diagnosed or not. "Brother Lock" said: "Maybe I am asymptomatic, but I can't find it." ”
The school did not organize him to do nucleic acid testing, but he heard that there were ways to buy testing materials for self-testing, but he did not know much about how to buy them.
Due to the shortage of vaccines in Japan now, the priority vaccination population is the elderly, young people want to get vaccinated, it is very difficult, Japan can use the website or telephone to make an appointment for vaccination, but "lock brother" said that the appointment of vaccination people crowded the website, "the website can not be queued, now are not on the line." ”
According to the friend of "Brother Lock", the effect of Japan's new crown drugs is not obvious, and there is still no fever after taking the drug. Most of the local Chinese rely on some medicines, masks and other epidemic prevention items sent from the Chinese Embassy for them from China.
"Brother Lock" said that his personal protective measures are relatively good, "epidemic prevention is basically based on self-awareness, try not to go out, self-discipline." ”
But Japan's community epidemic prevention measures are very loose, some communities only put disinfectant at the door, but no one guards, even if there are confirmed cases of the community, there is no blockade, go out, buy things are completely unrestricted, "just passed by a movie theater door, still see a lot of people queuing up to watch movies."
The Japanese government has not acted, and the people have envied China
As the severe Delta variant continues to spread, on August 15, the Tokyo Shimbun reported that the number of new coronavirus infections in Saitama, Kanagawa, Chiba and other regions has reached a new high. Opposition to the government's lax epidemic prevention measures in Japan is very loud, especially the home care policy, which has been criticized as "abandoned at home".
Source: Kyodo News Agency
According to the Asahi Shimbun, Yoko Kato, a professor at the University of Tokyo, criticized: "Suga is too optimistic, this is a decision that is not based on data, it is a mistake." ”
Atsushi Sugita, a professor at Hosei University, believes that the government has made a tough decision to expand "family recuperation" without even consulting experts in the event of the outbreak of the epidemic, which is too hasty.
Yasuo Hasebe, a professor at Waseda University, said that it is understandable that the government's intention of this measure is that Japan's medical resources are limited, but the policy is too rigid, only considering one part of the hospitalization standard, ignoring other aspects of epidemic prevention.
Japanese locals told "Brother Lock" that China's epidemic prevention and control practices are worth learning and the effect is very good, but unfortunately, the Japanese government's inaction has caused the epidemic to get out of control.
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