Cruise ship passengers Hospitalized for infection, discharged negative, re-infected 10 days later Mie March 15 2:59
Mie Prefecture on Tuesday announced that it was confirmed that one man in his 70s living in the prefecture was once again infected with the new coronavirus among passengers on a cruise ship that had been infected with the new coronavirus.
The outbreak was confirmed by a passenger of the Diamond Princess, a cruise ship with confirmed outbreaks, and a man in his 70s who lives in the area of Kuwana Health Center in Mie Prefecture.
According to the prefecture, the man was tested positive for a new type of coronavirus on the 14th of last month while on a cruise ship, and was admitted to a medical institution in Tokyo.
He was later discharged on the 2nd of this month because of a negative finding, and returned to his home in Mie Prefecture by public transport.
However, on the 12th of this month, she developed symptoms of fever and malaise of 39 degrees, so she visited a medical institution the next day and was hospitalized. On 14th, the infection was confirmed again.
The man is now moving to a designated infectious disease designated medical institution in the prefecture and receiving treatment, so the prefecture will check the behavior history of men and conduct tests on those who have been confirmed to have close contact.
With this, the number of people who were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Mie Prefecture was eight.