Saga New 60-year-old male infection confirmed New coronavirus April 7, 19:21

Saga Prefecture announced that a male in their 60s in Saga City, who had been on a business trip to Fukui Prefecture late last month, was confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus. The number of confirmed infections in Saga was nine.

According to Saga Prefecture, the newly confirmed infection was a self-employed male in their 60s in Saga City.

The man stayed in Fukui Prefecture for work from 24 to 29 last month and had dinner several times, and after returning to Saga on the 1st of this month, symptoms such as fever and cough of 39 degrees 1 minute appeared .

The man consulted the "Returnee and Contact Center" on March 3 and consulted a medical institution in the prefecture, but no PCR was performed.

However, because the symptoms did not improve, he visited a medical institution again on the 6th and performed a test on the 7th. As a result, the infection was confirmed. Men currently have symptoms such as fever and malaise at 38 degrees 2 minutes and are hospitalized at a designated medical institution in the prefecture.

Nine people were confirmed to be infected in Saga prefecture. The prefecture requested that three men, a 60-year-old wife and 80-year-old father who lived with a man, and a 70-year-old acquaintance who met on the 2nd of this month, stay in close contact with each other and conduct a virus test. I will do it.