New type pneumonia Confirmed infection of women visiting Japan from Wuhan Chiba Prefecture explained the circumstances February 5 5:39
After a new case of a new coronavirus infection was confirmed in a woman visiting Chiba Prefecture from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, Chiba Prefecture held a press conference on the night of April 4 until the infection was confirmed. I explained about the background.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, it was newly confirmed that a foreign woman in her 30s living in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, who had been visiting Chiba Prefecture, was infected with the new coronavirus.
In response to this, Chiba Prefecture held a press conference on the night of the 4th to explain the circumstances leading up to the confirmation of the infection.
According to Chiba Prefecture, the woman came to Japan on the 21st of last month and had a fever of 38 degrees 8 minutes on the 30th, so she visited a medical institution in Chiba on the 31st and was diagnosed with pneumonia. .
After that, the virus test received on the 1st of this month did not confirm the infection, but as the symptoms did not recover, the test was repeated, and on the 4th, infection with the new coronavirus was confirmed.
The woman is still hospitalized in a medical institution in Chiba prefecture because she continues to have fever of 37 degrees and pneumonia.
Since the women were visiting Japan in groups for sightseeing and staying in Chiba since last month 28, Chiba decided to investigate the behavior of women in detail and to observe the health of the people who came into close contact. Is.