Hiroshima New male infection confirmed April 8 at 18:25

Hiroshima City has announced that it has been newly confirmed that one man living in the city is infected with the new coronavirus.

Hiroshima City held a press conference on the afternoon of the 8th, announcing that it was confirmed that a self-employed man living in Higashi Ward was infected with the new coronavirus.

The man was the fifth acquaintance of Hiroshima City to be confirmed fifth in the city on the 1st of this month, and said he had a 15-minute conversation in a car with the other person without a mask last month. That is.

The man was diagnosed with a fever on the 1st of this month and went to the hospital the next day. The fever went down and he had no symptoms. However, he was examined on the 7th and found that the infection was confirmed.

According to the city, the man said he was staying at home after the fever, rather than a job that would contact an unspecified number of people.

The city is looking into further contact. The age of the man has not been disclosed, without his consent.