A woman in her 20s in Kumamoto is infected. An acquaintance of a female employee of an already infected restaurant.

Kumamoto City Women in their 20s are infected Acquaintances of female employees of restaurants already infected April 17, 22:35

Kumamoto City announced that women in their 20s living in Higashi Ward were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus. The number of confirmed infections in the prefecture is now 35.

The newly confirmed infection was in a woman in her 20s living in Higashi Ward, Kumamoto City.

According to the city, this woman was acquainted with a woman in her 20s who was confirmed to be infected on the 13th of this month, and the city tested negatively on the 14th of this month as a concentrated contact person and was negative.

The woman was waiting at home, but she had a fever the next day, so she was tested on the 17th and found that she had an infection.

The woman had a fever of 38.9 degrees on the evening of the 17th, and will soon be admitted to an infectious disease designated medical institution in the city.

The city is investigating its behavior history, saying that the woman is most likely to have been infected by a woman from an acquaintance's restaurant employee who was confirmed to be infected on the 13th of this month.

Kumamoto City's Mayor Kazushi Onishi called out, "There is a high risk that the movement of people will spread the infection. I would like to ask the citizens to refrain from going out again".

With this, 35 people have been confirmed to be infected in the prefecture.