Couple traveling to Egypt infected Infected to the same tour Chiba Matsudo March 11 18:35
It was newly confirmed that a couple from Matsudo, Chiba, who traveled to Egypt at the end of last month, was infected with the new coronavirus. A woman in her 60s living in Kochi Prefecture who was participating in the same tour has also been confirmed to be infected, and Chiba Prefecture is investigating the route of transmission.
According to Chiba Prefecture, newly infected cases were a couple of men in their 70s and a woman in their 60s living in Matsudo City.
The couple went on a tour of Egypt last month from 21 to 28 on a tour that included a cruise on the Nile.
After returning to Japan, her husband had a fever of 37 degrees for 8 minutes on the 1st of this month, and on 7th, she visited a medical institution in the prefecture, was diagnosed with pneumonia, and was prescribed antibiotics and herbal medicine.
Since the symptoms continued after that, on 9th, after contacting the Returnees and Contact Center, they were transported by emergency to another medical institution and collected samples, which revealed that the virus had been transmitted.
My wife also had a fever of 38 degrees on the 1st of this month, but the temperature fell, but on the 10th, a specimen was collected and found to be infected.
Currently, my husband has a fever of 38 degrees 7 minutes, my wife has coughs, runny nose, and breathlessness, and both are hospitalized.
On a tour of Egypt where the couple participated, it was revealed that seven people, including a guide from Japan, spent together, and that a woman in her 60s in Kochi prefecture was infected with the virus.
The number of infected people in Chiba prefecture is now 25.