New corona Okayama city 20-year-old woman confirmed infection 9 people in total in the prefecture April 23 23:36

It was newly confirmed that a woman in her twenties in Okayama City who returned from the United States to study abroad was infected with the new coronavirus, and nine people were confirmed to be infected in Okayama Prefecture.

The newly confirmed case was a woman in her 20s in Okayama City. According to Okayama city, the woman returned from the United States where she studied abroad on the 20th of last month and returned to her home in Okayama city.

After that, on the 1st of this month, she complained of fever in the 39 degrees range and malaise, and visited a returnee / contact clinic because the fever continued on the next day. As a result of virus tests, infection was confirmed on the 3rd. That was done.

Okayama City believes that there is a high possibility that a woman became infected in the United States where she studied abroad based on her behavior after returning to Japan.

In addition, we determined that three family members living together with the woman were in close contact, and will conduct a virus test in the future.

As a result, nine people have been confirmed infected in Okayama Prefecture.