Fukushima Sukagawa Confirmed transmission of two men and women, infected by colleagues at a pub, April 5 at 18:34

According to Fukushima Prefecture, it was confirmed that two people living in Sukagawa City newly infected with the new coronavirus on the 5th. It was 16 people who were confirmed to be infected in the prefecture because they were close contacts who worked with employees of a izakaya who had already been confirmed to be infected.

According to the prefecture, the newly confirmed cases were men in their 30s and women in their 50s living in Sukagawa City.

The two were employees of the same Yoronotaki Sukagawa Nishikawa store, the same as a teenage woman from Sukagawa City who was found infected on this month, and worked together last month on 30th.

On the 3rd, fever, chills, headaches and other symptoms appeared, so she visited a returnee / contact person on the 4th and found positive on a 5th test.

Both have mild symptoms and will be hospitalized in the future.

The health center is currently investigating behavioral history and close contacts.

It was 16 people that infection was confirmed in the prefecture.

One of them was subsequently tested negative twice in a row and was discharged on the 1st of this month.