Foreign Ministry official visits Greece to prepare for the Olympic torch ceremony, confirms infection March 25, 23:13
This month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that one foreign ministry official at a diplomatic mission abroad had been infected with the new coronavirus in Greece in preparation for the torch ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, confirmed to be infected, was working at the Japanese embassy in northern Macedonia, formerly Yugoslavia, and was on a business trip to Athens, the Greek capital from 8 to 17 this month.
He developed this disease on the 18th of this month, but now he has no major physical problems and is currently undergoing voluntary isolation. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is examining whether there are any close contacts of this staff.
Two officials at the Japanese embassy in the US capital, Washington, also announced that they were infected with the new coronavirus. Both of them are not hospitalized and are waiting at home, but one of them has fever. In response to this, the Japanese Embassy is taking measures such as disinfecting the building and examining the route of infection and whether there are any close contacts.
According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the embassy's normal operations, such as visa issuance and protection of Japanese nationals, have not been significantly affected.