Shiga Confirmed infection of one male employee Employee of a company suspected of outbreak of outbreak April 6th 20:54
Shiga Prefecture has announced that it has been confirmed that men in their 60s living in Koga City have been newly infected with the new coronavirus. The man is an employee of a company in Kusatsu City, where a cluster of infected people is thought to have emerged, and there have been 19 infected people in Shiga Prefecture.
According to Shiga Prefecture, the newly confirmed infection was a male in their 60s living in Koga City.
The man was an employee of the electronic component maker Nichicon Kusatsu in Kusatsu City, where a cluster of infected people is thought to have developed, and worked in the same room as the employee who was previously confirmed to be infected.
In Nichicon Kusatsu, about 300 employees have been on standby at home since 3rd of this month, but men had a fever of more than 37 degrees from the 4th of the following day. it was done.
The man is currently hospitalized at a medical institution in Koga City and has a fever of 39 degrees and symptoms of pneumonia, but it is not severe.
In Nichicon Kusatsu, a total of 12 employees have been confirmed to be infected, and Shiga Prefecture is continuing to monitor employees' health and to investigate whether there are any further contacts.