BEIJING, Aug. 19 (Xinhua) According to NHK, a pregnant woman infected with COVID-19 in Japan died of premature delivery on the 17th local time because she could not find a receiving hospital.
On the 17th local time, a Japanese pregnant woman infected with COVID-19 died of premature delivery after giving birth at home because she could not find a receiving hospital. Image source: Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) report screenshot
It is reported that this pregnant woman is in her thirties. She has been pregnant for eight months. She is recuperating at her home in Chiba Prefecture because of Covid-19 infection.
On the afternoon of 17th local time, she called an ambulance due to massive bleeding. However, due to COVID-19’s infection, rescuers have been unable to find a hospital that can accept her. A few hours later, the pregnant woman had to give birth at home.
Because the premature newborn failed to receive emergency treatment at home, although he was later taken to the hospital, he died unfortunately. Fortunately, pregnant women are not in danger.
In this regard, Japanese Chief Cabinet Secretary Katsunobu Kato said on the 19th that he expressed his condolences to the dead baby and said that the authorities would provide necessary support to ensure the mechanisms of first aid and hospitalization for pregnant women.
At the same time, Kato also said that "the current medical situation in Japan is indeed very serious, which is a fact."
As Kato said, the COVID-19 epidemic has spread rapidly recently, and the number of newly diagnosed cases in many places has reached a new high. As of 23: 59 local time on August 18th, Japan had 23,917 newly diagnosed cases compared with the previous day, with a cumulative diagnosis of more than 1.2 million cases.
At present, the utilization rate of hospital beds in Tokyo, Chiba Prefecture and Osaka Prefecture has exceeded 50%, among which Kanagawa Prefecture, Okinawa Prefecture and Shiga Prefecture have exceeded 80%. An epidemic expert group providing epidemic prevention consultation for the Japanese government judged on the 18th that the deterioration of the epidemic situation in Japan has been difficult to contain.