New type of pneumonia Chiba women's guide Third possibility of infection

New Pneumonia Chiba Women's Guide Tertiary Infection Possible February 4:04

A Japanese bus driver who was confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus and a female guide in Chiba Prefecture who accompanied the same tour were confirmed infected on the 31st. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is investigating that women may have been infected from a bus driver and that a third outbreak of the virus may have occurred in Japan.

According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, of the three newly confirmed cases, a guide from a foreign national in their twenties living in Chiba Prefecture travels from January 17 to 22 in Dalian, Liaoning Province, China. I was on a tour with customers.

In this tour, a male driver in his 60s in Nara prefecture, who was infected with the new coronavirus on January 28, was driving a bus.

The woman had a cough and runny nose from around 20th of last month and had been in contact with a male driver for a virus test. The infection was confirmed on 31st.

At least two weeks before the onset of the cough, the woman did not seem to have traveled abroad and had no contact with people from Wuhan, suggesting that the virus could have been transmitted by a male driver.

The male driver is believed to have been infected by the virus from a tourist from Wuhan on another tour, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is investigating that a third infection may have occurred in the country.

On the other hand, Shigeru Omi, a former Secretary-General of the Western Pacific Region of the World Health Organization, attended a meeting of the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare. There is no such thing as the spread of infections.

In addition, two Japanese men in their 30s and 50s who returned from Wuhan on the 30th flight of the charter aircraft prepared by the government were confirmed to have the virus.

When they returned home, they did not have any symptoms such as fever, but just in case, they were tested for viruses at a hospital in Shinjuku, Tokyo.

The fifth person returned to the charter plane was infected, and the fourth person without symptoms was infected.

In 17 cases, infection with the new coronavirus was confirmed in Japan.

The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is calling for efforts to control infectious diseases such as hand-washing and cough etiquette, as well as measures against colds and influenza, as the situation is not currently recognized in Japan.