Sendai Two new infections confirmed 20 people in the prefecture New coronavirus April 4 20:57
Sendai City announced on April 4 that it has been newly confirmed that two men, office workers in their 60s and 50s living in the city, are infected with the new coronavirus. In Miyagi Prefecture, 20 people were confirmed infected.
The infection was confirmed in men in office workers in their 60s living in the city and men in office workers in their 50s living in the city.
A man in his 60s complained of chills on the 28th of last month and had a fever of almost 38 degrees on 30th of the month. However, the symptoms did not improve, and a four-day inspection revealed that the patient was infected with the new coronavirus.
The man lives with his wife and children, and has basically been at home since last month's 28th.
On the other hand, a man in his 50's was a close contact with a female in his 40's who was a part-time employee who had been infected for two days. Infection was confirmed. Both have no serious symptoms and have not traveled abroad for two weeks prior to onset.
Both patients are undergoing medical treatment at home and are in the process of adjusting to hospital for an infectious disease designated medical institution.
Sendai City also reported that one of the five people who had been infected for three days had been hospitalized for the first time in a general private medical institution, rather than in an infectious disease-specified medical institution where infection control measures had been taken. Revealed.
Sendai City commented, `` There are 29 beds with designated infectious disease medical institutions in the prefecture, and there are still vacancies, but they need to be vacated in the future when severely infected patients appear. Has taken the necessary steps. "