ILEA000011439: 7 die due to in-hospital infection in Tokyo

Former Japanese Empress Michiko

Former Japanese Empress Michiko heads to the Imperial Household Hospital on the grounds of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on Aug. 26, 2022. She is suffering from deep-vein thrombosis in her right calf. (Pool photo)

Taxi driver for COVID-19 patients

A taxi driver specialized in passengers requiring caregiving such as bedridden people disinfects the taxi in Nagoya on June 3, 2021, wearing protective gear. He is now consigned by the central Japan city's government to drive those people if they are infected with the novel coronavirus to a hospital.

Taxi driver for COVID-19 patients

Photo shows a taxi driver specialized in passengers requiring caregiving such as bedridden people in Nagoya on June 3, 2021. The driver is wearing protective gear as he is consigned by the central Japan city's government to drive those people if they are infected with the novel coronavirus to a hospital.

Taxi driver for COVID-19 patients

Photo shows a taxi driver specialized in passengers requiring caregiving such as bedridden people in Nagoya on June 3, 2021. The driver is wearing protective gear as he is consigned by the central Japan city's government to drive those people if they are infected with the novel coronavirus to a hospital.

Equipment to measure severity of coronavirus patients

Photo taken in Kyoto on March 29, 2021, shows medical equipment announced by precision instrument maker Shimadzu Corp. the same day to predict whether a coronavirus patient will eventually develop severe symptoms. The equipment, developed jointly with Kumamoto University and AiSTI SCIENCE Co., and planned to be sold in June at the earliest, is capable of predicting the severity of the disease possibly within six minutes using the patient's blood or urine.