Two new infections confirmed in Kochi New Coronavirus April 7 19:41
It was confirmed that two people were newly infected with the new coronavirus in Kochi Prefecture, and 38 people were confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.
Two new cases of infection have been identified: a female caregiver in his 40s and a male teacher in his 20s, all living within the Hata Health and Welfare Center in the western part of the prefecture.
Of these, women in their forties are working at the Ginnansou, a nursing care facility for the elderly in Sukumo City, the same as a man who was confirmed infected on the 2nd of this month.
She had symptoms such as sore throat on the 27th of last month and a fever on the next day, so she consulted a medical institution. After that, the fever fell, but on February 2, a new coronavirus was found to have been infected, as a result of an examination of the infection of a male colleague this month.
In addition, a male teacher in his twenties worked at Okinoshima Junior High School on a remote island in Sukumo City, and suffered from coughing symptoms on the 31st of last month. It means that you have consulted an institution.
Inspection confirmed the infection on the morning of the 7th.
Both of them are mild.
As the number of confirmed infections in the prefecture has increased, the prefecture has expanded the number of cooperative medical institutions that accept infected patients from July 7, and has responded to patients with a total of 42 beds, 10 more than before.
Entrance ceremony canceled for the first time in 10 years due to male teacher infection
A junior high school on a remote island in Sukumo City, where a newly-confirmed male teacher works, had been closed until last year due to a decrease in the number of students, and was planning to welcome new students for the first time in 10 years. The entrance ceremony that was held has been canceled immediately.
"Okinoshima Junior High School" on the offshore island of Sukumo City was closed from 2011 to last year due to the decrease in the number of students, but this year, one female student will be enrolled, so it will be restarted Has become.
However, a male faculty member from Kochi City was confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus on June 6, so the junior high school immediately stopped the entrance ceremony on July 7 following instructions from the Sukumo City Board of Education.
Norio Kawada, principal of Okinoshima Junior High School, said, “The entrance ceremony that new students, parents, and locals have been looking forward to has been canceled, and it is inevitable, but it is a shame. I'd like to hold an entrance ceremony once she's settled down. "