New virus confirmed infection in men in their 60s in Aichi prefecture.Condition is stable February 18 20:49
It has been newly confirmed that men in their 60s living in Aichi Prefecture are infected with the new coronavirus. The man is an acquaintance of two male patients living in Aichi Prefecture who have already been confirmed to have been infected, and had met for several hours at the home of one of the patients on the 14th of this month.
According to Aichi Prefecture, the newly infected case was a man in his 60s living in the Owari district of the prefecture. The man had symptoms such as fever and cough at 37 degrees for 6 minutes on the 17th, so he was referred to a medical institution in Aichi prefecture on the 18th.
Subsequently, a genetic test was conducted at the Aichi Prefectural Institute of Public Health in Nagoya, and it was confirmed that the patient was infected with the new coronavirus. Men are hospitalized with mild pneumonia findings, but their condition is stable.
This is the seventh case in which infection has been confirmed in Aichi Prefecture. The man was an acquaintance of two male patients living in the Owari district of the prefecture, both of which had been confirmed on the 16th and 17th, respectively. That is.