One MHLW employee confirms infection. Except for quarantine officers on cruise ships.
It was confirmed that MHLW employees were infected with the new coronavirus. This is the first time that a staff member of the Ministry has been infected, except for a quarantine quarantine officer.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the infection was confirmed to be a male employee in his 50s working for the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Kasumigaseki, Tokyo.
He had a fever on the 28th of last month, and since then he has been recuperating at home without going to work, but since the fever has not dropped, he consulted a medical institution on the 6th and received an examination. As a result, the infection was confirmed.
Although no close contacts have been identified in the workplace, those working in nearby seats will stay at home for two weeks just in case.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, it is the first time that the Ministry of Health has been confirmed to be infected, with the exception of personnel who were quarantined on cruise ships and those of labor bureaus in each prefecture.