Sapporo Confirmed four new infections Doctors and firefighters also reached 202 people in Hokkaido on April 8 at 13:37
Sapporo City announced that four people, including doctors at Hokkaido University Hospital and firefighters at the city, were newly infected with the new coronavirus. The total number of infected people in Hokkaido is 202.
Sapporo City revealed on April 8 that four new men and women in their 40s and 50s have been infected with the new coronavirus in the city.
Among them, the men in their forties are doctors of the Department of Gastroenterology at Hokkaido University Hospital.
The doctor began to cough on the 1st of this month, complaining of symptoms such as fever and general sickness. On 5th of this month, she became dyspnea and was hospitalized at Hokkaido University Hospital, where the infection was confirmed.
The doctor had been wearing a mask and continuing to see his doctor until the 4th of this month, even after the symptoms appeared.
The city believes that if basic precautions are taken, many will not be close contacts, and is investigating the route of transmission.
In addition, the man in his 50s is a staff member of the Sapporo Fire Department, working at the Atsetsu Fire Station until last month, and starting this month as a firefighter at the Toyohira Fire Station due to a personnel change.
There is no contact with the general public at any location.
Sapporo has disinfected two fire departments and continues to operate normally.
In addition, a male employee in his 50s visited Tokyo last month, and believes that health centers are more likely to be infected in Tokyo.
This has brought the total number of infected people in the province to 202.