“Kinoshita Group New Corona PCR Inspection Center” newly opened in Shibuya, Akihabara and Ikebukuro. Revision the price and enlighten people to receive reliable PCR tests on a regular basis.

Approximately 8,800 people can be inspected per day at all 5 stores.

Corona Inspection Center Co., Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Kinoshita Group Co., Ltd., will open a store-visit type "Kinoshita Group New Corona PCR Inspection Center" in Shibuya and Akihabara on February 1st (Monday). It will open in Ikebukuro on Monday). After collecting saliva at the store (time required 5 minutes), the test report will be sent to the person by email the next day.



The Kinoshita Group has reduced the inspection fee from the current 2,900 yen (excluding tax) to 2,500 yen (excluding tax) at all stores from February 1st onwards, and the official website ( https: // covid ) makes reservations for visits. -kensa.com/ ) will be accepted. The first reason for the price revision is to have more people regularly receive highly reliable PCR tests. Second, we signed a long-term priority contract with a reagent and material manufacturer and decided to revise it because we were able to further reduce costs.

The "Kinoshita Group New Corona PCR Inspection Center" opened in Shinbashi and Shinjuku in December last year, and this time there will be a total of 5 stores in Shibuya, Akihabara, and Ikebukuro. We will contribute to creating an environment where people can feel more at ease by expanding store-visit-type and collection-delivery-type PCR tests for corporate groups and local governments.

● Opening on Monday, February 1st

-Shibuya store
Address: Ichihashi Building, 2-8-9 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo
Business: 8:00 to 22:00
Number of inspection booths: 14

-Akihabara store
Address: Akihabara Nomura Building, 1-14-7 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
Business: 8:00 to 21:30
Number of inspection booths: 9

● Opening on Monday, February 8

-Ikebukuro store
Address: Shinto No. 2 Building, 2-16-1 Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo
Business: 8:00 to 22:00
Number of inspection booths: 14

It is possible to inspect about 8,800 people per day at 5 stores.

The "Kinoshita Group New Corona PCR Testing Center" has a system in place that allows many people to be tested in a short time, with the time required to visit the store being approximately 5 minutes (saliva collection with a test kit is approximately 3 minutes). By increasing the number of stores and inspection booths, the center will be able to inspect about 8,800 people per day, including 5 stores (Shinbashi store, Shinjuku store, Shibuya store, Akihabara store, and Ikebukuro store). In addition, for corporate groups and local governments, we continue to accept inspections at the delivery / collection / delivery ceremony for 2,500 yen / person (excluding tax). (Delivery / collection / delivery ceremony is accepted from 50 people)
The test method is a saliva test that can test many samples at once, and a test kit with a positive and negative concordance rate of 100% with the "Infectious Diseases Research Institute" by the National Institute of Infectious Diseases. I will use it.

Reliability of test kits and test results

Saliva collection: TF-50S (Yuken Science Co., Ltd.)
Reagent: SARS-COV-2 Detection Kit Multi NCV-403 (Toyobo Co., Ltd.)
Inspection equipment: CronoSTAR ™ 96 Real-Time PCR System (Waken Betec Co., Ltd.)

Test kit with 100% positive and negative concordance rates with the Infectious Disease Research Institute

"Kinoshita Group New Corona PCR Inspection Center" uses "Toyobo Co., Ltd. New Corona Virus Detection Kit SARS-CoV-2 Detection Kit". This product was announced by the Tuberculosis Infectious Diseases Division, Health Bureau, Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare and the National Institute of Infectious Diseases as "2019nCoV genetic test method for which evaluation results using clinical specimens were obtained (September 30, 2020 version)". Among them, the result of obtaining the positive match rate and the negative match rate with the National Institute of Infectious Diseases is a product in which both the positive match rate and the negative match rate are 100%. This test is a genetic test using the real-time PCR method using this product.

The collection method is simple

For the sample, use "saliva sample". For saliva samples, the "Guidelines for Pathogen Testing for Coronavirus Infectious Diseases (COVID-19) (National Institute of Infectious Diseases)" has the following description. "It is considered to be a realistic sample with a low risk of spreading infection to the surroundings because it can be collected by the subject himself and it does not emit droplets at the time of collection. The detection sensitivity is considered to be similar to that of nasopharyngeal swab. It is a practical sample because it has the advantage of not being affected by the collection technique. "

Matching nasopharyngeal swab and saliva measurement results

As mentioned above, saliva detection sensitivity is generally similar to that of nasopharyngeal swab. Infectious Disease Research Institute "pathogens" using positive samples (2 samples with 10 to 20 copies, 1 sample with 100 to 200 copies, and 7 samples with 1,000 to 200,000 copies) in the products actually used. As for the verification results by the RT-PCR method according to "Detection Manual 2019-nCoV Ver.2.9.1", 10 positive reactions were confirmed in each of the nasopharyngeal swab and saliva, and the same measurement results were obtained.
■ Notes
・ This PCR test determines whether the new coronavirus is contained in saliva, and does not diagnose the morbidity of the new coronavirus infection.
・ The PCR test service in stores reduces the burden on those who need testing even though they do not need medical treatment, such as regular PCR testing as part of the prevention of infectious diseases. It is provided for the purpose of Therefore, for those who have symptoms such as fever and those who have close contact with us, we may refuse the examination and recommend that you visit a medical institution.
・ The WEB diagnosis provided to applicants is a service separate from the PCR test, and is based on the "Guidelines for Proper Implementation of Online Medical Care" by the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
・ The collected saliva is transported under strict temperature control and analyzed in a medical facility where hygiene is thoroughly controlled.
・ The store is designed and hygiene-managed according to the medical facility, based on the supervision of the medical corporation Wakokai and the knowledge of the design and construction of the medical facility.
・ Regarding delivery / collection / delivery inspection, we will collect and deliver in-house in the designated areas of 1 metropolitan area and 3 prefectures, and deliver in other areas by designated contractors.

"Kinoshita Group New Corona PCR Testing Center" Facility Overview

■ Location

Shimbashi store (2-16-1 Shinbashi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, West Corner, 1st floor, New Shimbashi Building) * Opened on December 4, 2020
Shinjuku store (1-24-3 Kabukicho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo) * Opened on December 21, 2020
Shibuya store (Ichihashi Building, 2-8-9 Dogenzaka, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo) * Opened on February 1, 2021
Akihabara Store (Akihabara Nomura Building, 1-14-7 Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) * Opened on February 1, 2021
Ikebukuro store (2-16-1 Nishiikebukuro, Toshima-ku, Tokyo, Shinto No. 2 Building) * Opened on February 8, 2021

■ Business hours
Please check the official website ( https://covid-kensa.com/ ).

■ Supervision
Medical corporation Wakokai

■ Operation
Kinoshita Group Co., Ltd.
President: Naoya Kinoshita (and Group CEO)
Headquarters: 6-5-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo
Corona Inspection Center Co., Ltd. (100% subsidiary of Kinoshita Group)
Officer: Takuya Kawamura, President and CEO
Headquarters: 6-5-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo

* The above information is as of January 28th. Please note that it may change in the future.