According to the Kyodo News Agency of Japan reported on the 4th, the survey results of the Tokyo Metropolitan Welfare Facilities Association for the Elderly showed that during the seventh wave of the COVID-19 in Japan this summer, 66% of the elderly who were infected during their stay in facilities for the elderly in Tokyo and who were required to be hospitalized by the facility provider could not find a hospital due to the shortage of beds and other reasons. It is reported that a total of 17 people died during the coordination hospitalization, and only 14% of the elderly facilities invited external doctors to visit and provide treatment for the elderly. The survey was conducted online in September, and 273 of the 571 special nursing homes and facilities for the elderly in Tokyo responded. According to the survey, there were 159 facilities with 1795 elderly residents infected from July to August this year. In terms of facilities, 869 patients were required to be hospitalized under the coordination of the health care center. In terms of symptoms, there are 86 patients with severe symptoms, 500 with moderate symptoms, and some elderly people have mild symptoms, but they have a high risk of becoming severe due to basic diseases. Among these people, 299 (34%) were actually hospitalized, and the remaining 570 (66%) were unable to find a hospital. 36 people died in facilities for the elderly, 17 of whom died during coordinated hospitalization. When the investigators asked the 159 facilities about the practice of health care centers, 43% of the facilities replied that "they were told that patients with mild symptoms are not inpatients", and 28% said that "they were told that even patients with moderate or higher symptoms are difficult to be hospitalized". In addition, the survey found that more staff were infected, and 85% of the facilities said they were "understaffed" when introducing the difficulties encountered. Kyodo News Agency said that since November this year, the epidemic situation in Japan has spread again with remarkable momentum. Experts believe that Japan is now "at the entrance of the eighth wave (epidemic)". (Liu Xinshe)