New virus 8 people confirmed in Tokyo 1 person travels to Aichi by Shinkansen

New virus Eight people confirmed infection in Tokyo One person travels to Aichi by Shinkansen February 15 at 19:18

Tokyo revealed that eight people living in Tokyo were newly infected with the new coronavirus. Of these, seven were at the venue for the New Year's party, where a private taxi driver who was confirmed infected on the 13th attended, and the city is examining for any other infected people.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government held a press conference on the 15th, revealing that eight people, both men and women in their 40s and 80s, living in Tokyo, were newly infected with the new coronavirus.

Six of them were male drivers of a private taxi living in Tokyo, confirmed to be infected on the 13th, and 4 of their colleagues who participated in a New Year's party held on a houseboat on the 18th of last month. That means two other driver's families. One is an employee of a houseboat.

A taxi driver who was confirmed infected on the 13th revealed that his mother-in-law, a woman in her 80s living in Kanagawa prefecture, died on the 13th and was infected with the new coronavirus, On 14th, two male workers on a houseboat and a female employee on a taxi union branch were confirmed infected.

Of the eight people newly infected on the 15th, the remaining one was a male employee of a 40-year-old office worker living in Tokyo. I went to a medical institution because of fever.

The man traveled to Aichi Prefecture on a bullet train on the 10th of this month, and since his symptoms did not improve, he was admitted to a hospital in Tokyo from 12th of this month.

It means that the man was talking before the symptoms, saying, "I may have met a Chinese person."

With this, 14 people have been confirmed to be infected in Tokyo, and the city is examining whether there are any more infected people.

40s company employee Business trip to Aichi prefecture by bullet train

A male employee in his 40s living in Tokyo, who was newly infected with a new coronavirus on March 15, consulted a medical institution because of a cough on February 2 and a fever on March 5.

He said he was wearing a mask after the onset, but he traveled to Aichi Prefecture on a bullet train on 10th of this month. Since then, she has been hospitalized since this month because her symptoms did not improve, and now she is severely ill.

Before the symptoms appeared, he was talking about the idea that he might have met a Chinese person.