5th infection confirmed in Kyoto prefecture 50-year-old male new coronavirus March 5 at 0:05
Kyoto City has announced that it has been confirmed that a new 50-year-old man living in the city has been infected with the new coronavirus.
Newly confirmed infections are men in their 50s who work at offices in Osaka and live in Kyoto.
The man had a fever of 38 degrees after taking a break from work on the 28th of last month, and went to a medical institution in Kyoto the next day.
Symptoms such as fever and cough continued, and on the 3rd, hospitalization at another medical institution and examinations revealed pneumonia symptoms. On the 4th evening, infection with the new coronavirus was confirmed. .
Since the man has never traveled to China and has not been contacted with infected people in the country, it is not yet known where the infection occurred. The man lives with his wife and high school daughter, and so far his family has no symptoms such as fever.
Five people have now been infected in Kyoto Prefecture.
In addition, Kyoto City announced on the morning of the 4th that a 50-year-old woman with a temporary employee who had been infected was working at the "Toyotsu All-Life Kyoto Branch" in Shimogyo-ku, Kyoto, which sells nursing care products. .
The woman worked at this branch from the 25th to the 28th of the month after the fever last month, so the company decided to perform internal disinfection work and follow up on the health of other employees. You.