New virus Nara bus driver man leaves hospital February 8 20:16

About a bus driver living in Nara prefecture who had been hospitalized with the new coronavirus, he announced that he had been discharged by the 8th because his symptoms had subsided and the virus was no longer detected. Twenty people who have been in close contact with men have no symptoms during the incubation period, and Nara Prefecture states that "male infection is not expected to spread."

A man in his 60s in Nara Prefecture, who was a bus driver carrying a tour passenger from Wuhan, China, was confirmed infected with the new coronavirus on 28th of the month, and was admitted to a hospital in the prefecture to receive treatment I was

Nara prefecture reported that he had discharged his fever and cough, etc., and that he had been discharged by the 8th because the test did not detect the virus twice in a row because he met the national discharge criteria. Revealed.

In addition, out of the 22 people who came into close contact with men, 20 people inside and outside the prefecture had symptoms so far, except for two bus guides in Osaka and Chiba, which were already known to be infected. It means that the incubation period for the person who last contacted the man on the 8th has ended.

For this reason, Nara Prefecture states that "male infection is not likely to spread."