One NHK news bureau office worker confirmed new corona infection 17:16, August 10
It was confirmed that a male employee in his thirties of NHK news agency was infected with the new coronavirus.
The staff member had a fever symptom on the 29th of last month, and had been receiving medical treatment and working at home from the next day, but because he had a fever again, he received a PCR test on the 7th of this month, and the infection was confirmed on the 9th. It was The infection route is unknown.
The person in charge was an office work and had no contact with outsiders.
NHK has already disinfected the workplace, and has taken measures such as putting five employees in the same workplace, who were considered to be rich contacts by the public health center, at home.
There will be no impact on broadcasting, and NHK will try to prevent the spread of the infection by contacting the public health center.