New virus Kumamoto man may be infected while staying in Hokkaido at 11:57 on February 22
Kumamoto Prefecture has announced that men in their 60s living in the prefecture have been infected with the new coronavirus. The man has been visiting Hokkaido with friends since 2nd of this month, and we believe that the prefecture may have been infected during his stay in Hokkaido.
Kumamoto Prefecture held a countermeasures meeting at 8:30 am on March 22, and it was reported that the third person infected with the new coronavirus was confirmed in the prefecture.
A new case of infection was confirmed in a man in his 60s living in the prefecture. He felt lazy on March 15 and had a fever of about 38 degrees.
He visited a medical institution on the 19th of this month, but his symptoms did not go away. He returned to the same medical institution on the 21st and found a positive result on the morning of the 22nd.
Men are currently hospitalized at a designated infectious disease medical facility, but their symptoms are stable.
The man has been visiting Hokkaido with his friends since 2nd of this month. It is possible that the prefecture may have been infected during his stay in Hokkaido, as he returned to Fukuoka Airport by express bus from Kumamoto Prefecture on the 10th, such as sightseeing in Sapporo with his wife living in Hokkaido.
The prefecture says that there are no close contacts because men seem to have developed symptoms on this month and they have acted with masks before that time, but more detailed male behavior history etc. We are grasping and investigating whether there are any close contacts.