Confirmed infection of one woman in Kumamoto City Work for a company managed by an infected man March 30, 19:17

Kumamoto City announced today that it has been newly confirmed that women in their 50s living in Minami Ward are infected with the new coronavirus. In total, 13 people have been confirmed infected in the prefecture.

The newly confirmed infection was for a female employee in her 50s who lives in Minami-ku, Kumamoto.

The woman was an employee of a company run by a man in his 50s who lives in Nishi-ku, Kumamoto City, where the infection was confirmed on the 29th, and was reported to have worked until the 28th.

Since she had a sore throat and mild cough on the 26th of this month, she subsequently consulted a medical institution in Kumamoto City. Turned out to be positive. Currently, she has no fever and her symptoms are mild, but she will be hospitalized at a designated infectious disease medical institution.

In addition, it is said that women do not use the hot bath facilities in Higashi-ku, Kumamoto, where infected people were confirmed one after another.

In total, 13 people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Kumamoto Prefecture, of which 3 have been discharged.