New virus confirmed in one person in Kumamoto city 20-year-old female nurse First in the prefecture February 22 at 0:42

Kumamoto City has announced that one female nurse in their twenties living in the city has been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus. It is the first time that a new coronavirus has been infected in Kumamoto Prefecture.

It means that the woman works for "Kumamoto Omadai Rehabilitation Hospital" in Kumamoto City.

Currently, the close contact is parents who lived together, and the mother was negative on previous tests, but the father was positive, so he is now asking the country for final confirmation.

Kumamoto City is investigating infection routes.