Nagano A woman in her 50s is infected. Her husband is infected first.

Nagano 50-year-old woman confirmed infection. Husband confirmed infection first. February 26, 21:53.

It has been newly found that women in their 50s living in the Matsumoto Public Health Center in Nagano Prefecture are infected with the new coronavirus. The woman is the wife of a 60-year-old man who was first infected in the prefecture on the 25th, and no symptoms such as fever have appeared so far.

According to Nagano Prefecture, a new type of coronavirus infection was newly confirmed in a woman in her 50s living within Matsumoto Public Health Center.

The woman, who was the first wife of a 60-year-old corporate officer in the prefecture to be infected in the prefecture, was being screened as a close contact with a man on Wednesday.

It is the second person to be infected in Nagano Prefecture.

The woman has no symptoms such as fever so far, but she is hospitalized at a designated medical institution for infectious diseases in the prefecture.

Although the woman has not traveled abroad within the last two weeks, the man who was confirmed infected on the 25th has been with her after returning home this month after finishing a business trip to Hokkaido and Tokyo, The prefecture is investigating the history of women's behavior and the presence of close contacts.