Three new cases of infection confirmed in Fukuoka Prefecture New coronavirus March 24, 23:30
It was confirmed that three new people were infected with the new coronavirus in Fukuoka Prefecture.
According to Fukuoka Prefecture and Fukuoka City, new infections with the new coronavirus were confirmed by men in their 40s who live in Fukuoka City, men in their 30s living in Iizuka City, and their wives. There are three women in their thirties.
Of these, a man in Fukuoka City had a fever of 38 degrees on March 15 and consulted a medical institution in the city, but was instructed to recuperate at home because there were no other symptoms such as coughs. Was.
After that, fever continued, and when I visited the same medical institution twice on the 18th and the 23rd, it was found that the patient had pneumonia. On the 24th, infection with the new coronavirus was confirmed. It is mild.
The man travels between his home and the medical institution in a car driven by a co-worker, and both the man and his co-worker are wearing masks in the car, but they are traveling only outside the medical institution.
In addition, a man in his 30s office worker in Iizuka-shi got fever after returning home from work on this month and visited a hospital in Iizuka-shi on March 14. I went to the hospital.
He went to work wearing a mask on the 16th because the fever had fallen. However, he had a fever and cough again on the 17th, so he visited a third hospital and was diagnosed with pneumonia.
On the same day, a returnee / contact visit was made to the outpatient clinic, and on April 24, a test confirmed that the infection had occurred.
In addition, the man's wife, a woman in her 30s, had symptoms such as fever and cough on the 22nd, and the infection was confirmed on the 24th.
Both couples have less severe symptoms.
The couple has one child and has a low fever and is currently hospitalized.
Fukuoka Prefecture will test the child on the 25th, as well as checking for other close contacts.