Okinawa New virus-infected second man suffers from severe pneumonia Feb. 19, 17:59
According to Okinawa Prefecture, on the 19th, it was confirmed that a taxi driver in his 60s living in the prefecture was infected with the new coronavirus.
He has been treated for severe pneumonia in the intensive care unit of a designated medical institution.
The man reported that the princess of the Princess Cruise, a cruise ship that had been confirmed to have a mass outbreak, called passengers when he called at Naha on the 1st of this month.
This is the second confirmed case of infection in Okinawa Prefecture, following the taxi driver who was confirmed infected on the 14th of this month.