Ibaraki New 80s male in Tsukuba Confirmed infection Infection route unknown March 23 23:29
Ibaraki Prefecture has announced that men in their 80s living in the prefecture have been newly infected with the new coronavirus.
According to Ibaraki Prefecture, the infection was confirmed in a man in his 80s living in Tsukuba City, and he was hospitalized at a hospital with a fever of 37 degrees and pneumonia from 11th of this month. .
After that, he did not improve his symptoms and was examined on the 23rd to confirm that he had been infected.
Men have not traveled abroad recently and do not know the route of transmission.
It is the fifth person to be infected in Ibaraki Prefecture.
According to Governor Oikawa, "we will conduct a test for close male contacts, and if the transmission route is still unclear, we may request self-restraint such as a rally in Tsukuba city."