Okayama Kyoto San University graduate confirmed infection Infection with a friend Infection was the fourth in the prefecture

Okayama Kyoto San University graduates confirmed infection. Dinner with a friend.

Okayama Prefecture announced on the night of the 30th that one male in their 20s had been newly infected with the new coronavirus. Men are students of Kyoto Sangyo University who are highly likely to have the outbreak of the new coronavirus, and only four have been confirmed in Okayama Prefecture.

According to Okayama Prefecture, a new type of coronavirus infection was newly confirmed by male students in their 20s who graduated from Kyoto Sangyo University this month, and returned to their parents' home in Tamano City, Okayama Prefecture on March 24.

Two days ago, a boy student had dinner in Kyoto with friends from Kyoto Sangyo University on the 22nd of this month, and two of them, who had traveled to Europe, were infected with the new coronavirus. Confirmed.

For this reason, the boys were also screened for the virus and found to be infected on the 30th.

In Okayama prefecture, four people have been confirmed infected.

The prefecture has decided to conduct a virus test on the assumption that three male student families may have been in close contact.

At Kyoto Sangyo University, it is said that there is a high possibility that a series of infected people has occurred and a group of infected people called a cluster has occurred.

"Male students are more likely to be infected by eating with friends and want to investigate further," said Yukiko Nakatani, director of the Okayama Prefectural Ministry of Health and Welfare.