Nerima-ku, Tokyo Infected women are staff at facilities for the disabled. New virus March 8 17:03
Nerima-ku, Tokyo, revealed that one person infected with the new coronavirus announced by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government on June 6 was a staff member of a municipal welfare facility for the disabled. The ward will close this facility temporarily until this month to check the health of users and staff.
Nerima Ward held a press conference on the 8th, and one of the people infected with the new coronavirus announced by the capital on the 6th was in their 50s, who cares for meals at a municipal tsusho-type welfare facility for the disabled. Revealed that she was a female employee.
According to the ward, the female employee went to the hospital on March 23 with a fever or cough of 37 degrees 8 minutes on the 23rd of last month. He had a fever of more than 38 degrees Celsius, and was tested for viruses, which confirmed that he had been infected on the 6th.
The woman has been hospitalized at a medical institution in Tokyo since the 7th, but the fever has subsided and her symptoms are mild.
The ward checked the health status of a total of 13 facility users and staff, including women who spent a long time in the same room on the 2nd of this month when they went to work, and 9 of the 9 facility users on the 9th, That is to carry out a virus test.
The ward is planning to temporarily close this facility until 16th of this month to carry out disinfection work, and staff will visit users' homes to confirm and provide necessary support during the suspension period.