Yamanashi 20s male infected with severe pneumonia and meningitis at 5:15 on March 8
Yamanashi Prefecture has announced that it has been newly confirmed that a male employee in his 20s living in the prefecture has been infected with the new coronavirus. Men are hospitalized at a medical facility in the prefecture and are seriously ill.
Governor Nagasaki of Yamanashi Prefecture held a conference on the night of the 7th, revealing that a male employee in his 20s, who mainly lives in Minami Alps City and Showa Town, was infected with the new coronavirus.
According to the prefecture, the man had a fever of 38 degrees 5 minutes on the 27th of last month, so he visited another medical institution on the next day and on the 2nd of this month, but at that time no new coronavirus test was done about it.
The man, who had been away from work since last month and was suspicious of not being able to contact him, was contacted by a colleague at a company. It means that he has found a man lying down.
The man was subsequently transported to the Yamanashi University School of Medicine Hospital in Chuo City, where he was negative in the prefectural virus test, but was positive in both tests.
Men are impaired and severely ill and are treated in an intensive care unit.
At this time, the route of transmission is unknown, but he has not traveled overseas and has not been confirmed to have any chronic illness.
Governor Nagasaki said, "Since men have difficulties in talking, they have not been able to hear their behavioral history, and have said that the main living area is the Minami Alps City and Showa Town. In that case, please consult a health center. "
Is the cause of meningitis a new virus?
About the symptoms of men in their twenties where infection of the new type coronavirus was confirmed, the hospital of the hospital at the University of Yamanashi Hospital admitted that men had developed meningitis, and `` Causes of meningitis Is extremely likely to be a new type of coronavirus. "
At the hospital of the University of Yamanashi Medical School, a conference was held on the night of March 7, and President Shimada Shimada revealed that men had symptoms of meningitis as well as fever and pneumonia, and that they had impaired consciousness.
For this reason, when a cerebrospinal fluid was tested at a hospital and a positive reaction was detected for the new coronavirus, President Shimada said, "I think it is extremely likely that the cause of meningitis is the new coronavirus. The new coronavirus It is extremely rare and very important to develop meningitis in this case. "