Over 60% of fire departments in major cities across Japan have received from prefectural governments lists of medical institutions that accept pregnant COVID-19 patients, it has been learned.
According to a survey conducted by the Fire and Disaster Management Agency asking 52 fire departments about the ambulance transportation of pregnant women who have been infected with the novel coronavirus, 34 such organizations said that prefectural governments had shared such lists with them.
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