Confirmation of Kumamoto JGSDF members infection A total of 21 people in the prefecture New type coronavirus April 7 19:25

It was newly confirmed that a male member in his 50s working at a garrison of the Ground Self-Defense Force in Kumamoto was infected with the new coronavirus, and the number of confirmed infections in Kumamoto was 21.

The newly confirmed infection was a male member in his 50s who lives in Higashi-ku, Kumamoto City and works at the Ground Self-Defense Force Kenjin garrison.

According to Kumamoto City, the man had a fever on the 29th of last month, but he was on the 1st of this month and went to work until the 3rd. After that, his physical condition deteriorated, and he was admitted to a medical institution in the city on the 6th, and as a result of the examination, it was confirmed that he was infected with the new coronavirus.

Men said that they did not use facilities where infected people had been confirmed so far, so Kumamoto City kept family and colleagues' Self-Defense Force members at home and conducted examinations in the future, as well as men's behavior history and I'm going to look into the route of transmission. As a result, 21 people were confirmed infected in Kumamoto Prefecture.