Confirmation of three Kochi infections Colleagues of infected police officers New Corona April 1 19:23

Kochi Prefecture and others announced on January 1 that three people were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in the prefecture, and the number of confirmed infections in the prefecture was 20.

According to prefectures, three new cases of infection were confirmed: male police officers in their 30s living in the western part of the prefecture, women in group workers in their 60s in Kochi, and women in their 90s in Kochi.

Of these, a male police officer in his thirties was a colleague of a police officer at the Sukumo Police Station, where the infection was confirmed on the 31st, and the infection was confirmed on the 1st because he had symptoms of fever for 30 days. The male police officer lives alone and is not working on the 31st, the day after the symptoms appear.

In addition, a woman in her 60s worked at a prefectural women's consultation support center in Kochi City, saying that she sang karaoke with a woman who was confirmed infected on the 31st, but symptoms appeared on the 25th of last month. Does not go to work.

The woman in her 90s had been hospitalized since the 27th of last month because she had symptoms such as fever and coughing and did not improve after that. The woman was living alone and had been visited by helpers and care managers on the 27th and 30th of last month. The symptoms of all three are mild.

Now, 20 people have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in Kochi Prefecture. Kochi and other prefectures will investigate the behavioral histories of the three people in detail, and will proceed with the examination of close contacts.