Two new men, including a man returning from an Egypt trip, were confirmed infected at 17:30 on March 13, Chiba

Two people, including a man returning from an Egypt trip in Chiba Prefecture, have been newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.

According to Chiba Prefecture, newly infected cases were men in their 80s living in Sosa City and women in their 50s living in Matsudo City.

Of these, the man traveled to Egypt on a tour from 26th of this month to 4th of this month, and was on a cruise ship sailing on the Nile.

After returning to Japan, she had diarrhea and other symptoms on the 5th of this month. After that, she consulted a medical institution and found that the virus was detected on the 12th as a result of a virus test.

On the other hand, a woman in Matsudo City was a wife of a 60-year-old male office worker who became infected on the 12th, and had symptoms such as fever on the 28th of last month. , The infection was confirmed on the 12th.

The number of infected people in Chiba prefecture is now 29.