Taxi driver infected with the new virus participates in a New Year party with 100 people gathering February 16 16:25
Last month, approximately 100 Japanese men in their 70s who lived in Tokyo who were infected by the new coronavirus and died in the 80s who lived in Kanagawa prefecture and who were also confirmed to be infected in Tokyo. Was attending the New Year party where people gather. The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is investigating the route of infection.
According to officials of the taxi union branch to which the driver belongs, the confirmed driver was participating in a taxi union branch New Year's Party on 18th of last month.
The New Year's party was held on a chartered boat, and about 100 people, including their drivers and their families, participated.
Also, after the New Year's party, several participants complained of fever and other symptoms, and one of the drivers who had been infected was hospitalized with pneumonia and was later discharged.
According to instructions from the health center, people who participated in the New Year's party were tested for a new coronavirus at the health center on the 14th.
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government is closely examining the routes in which male drivers are infected, as well as high-level contacts.