The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has issued a notice to local governments urging them to be aware of measures such as reducing the exposure of skin outdoors to avoid tick bites, as cases may be reported not only in western Japan but also in other regions.
This year, preliminary figures for the number of patients reported from all over the country regarding SFTS＝Severe Fever Thrombocytopenia Syndrome, an infectious disease transmitted by ticks, reached 143. This year, patients have been reported even in areas where no infection has been confirmed so far, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is calling for caution.
SFTS is an infectious disease that is mainly caused by the bite of a tick that carries the causative virus. When the disease becomes severe, platelets in the blood decrease, making bleeding unstoppable and causing unconsciousness, leading to death. According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the percentage of patients who become infected and die is 10% It is said to be 30% of the total.
According to the National Institute for Health and Crisis Management, five SFTS patients were reported from all over the country in the week ending on the 17th of this month, and this year’s cumulative number of patients reached a preliminary figure of 143, the highest ever.
31 prefectures have reported infections,
▽14 people in Kochi Prefecture
▽11 people in Oita Prefecture
▽9 in Kumamoto and Nagasaki prefectures
▽The number is increasing, mainly in western Japan, with 8 cases in Kagoshima, Shimane, and Hyogo prefectures, but this year it has also been reported in the Kanto region and Hokkaido, where no infections have been confirmed so far.
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