Nosocomial infection at Kita-Akita

the deceased

31 Oct., a man died(eighties, 29 Oct., vaccinated)
2 Nov., 2 men died(sixties, nineties) a woman died(seventies)
4 Nov., a woman died(eighties)
5 Nov., a man died(eighties)
6 Nov., a man died(eighties, not included in the number of fatality because his simple-test was negative)
9 Nov., a man died(eighties, not vaccinated)
a man died(nineties)

mental hospital

the vaccination for all person from 22 to 29 October

27 Oct., 1 inpatient and 3 staffs contracted the flu, isolated
28 Oct., 8 persons(inpatients and staffs) contracted
29 Oct., 10 persons(inpatients and staffs) contracted
30 Oct., not allowed visitors, suspended to accept new inpatient
31 Oct., 40 inpatients and 10 staffs contracted
2 Nov., gave tamiflu to inpatients in their fifties and over, contacted the public health center of Kita-Akita at noon　
7 Nov., held a press conference at 05:00 PM
8 Nov., suspended to accept new patient

public institution

Kita-Akita = the public health center of Kita-Akita city
Akita = the public health section of Akita prefecture
Center = Akita prefecture center for public health(Akita institutes of health)

2 Nov., Kita-Akita visited in the mental hospital by the contact from mental hospital
and Kita-Akita informed about nosocomial infection to Akita at 05:00 PM, but they did not take specimens from inpatients
4 Nov., Kita-Akita requested specimen to the mental hospital
5 Nov., Kita-Akita received one specimen on the evening
6 Nov., Kita-Akita requested PCR to Center, and this Center examined one specimen by PCR at AM, detected A/H3N2
Akita prefecture published about nosocomial infection at 02:00 PM
7 Nov., Akita prefecture decided to visit the mental hospital