Kumamoto: Confirmation of newly infected women in their 50s.New coronavirus April 8 12:54

Kumamoto Prefecture has announced that it has been newly confirmed that women in their 50s living within the jurisdiction of the Aso Public Health Center are infected with the new coronavirus. This woman is another female colleague who has already been infected, and 22 have been confirmed in the prefecture.

The newly confirmed infection was a female employee of a group employee in their 50s living in the Aso Public Health Center.

According to the prefecture, this woman is a colleague who works in the same workplace as another woman who was confirmed infected on the 5th of this month, and she was inspected for suspected close contact. The virus was confirmed to be infected.

The woman has fever, complains of sore throat, and is currently waiting at home, but will be hospitalized within eight days at a designated infectious disease medical institution in the prefecture.

The prefecture has determined that there is a possibility of infection in the workplace and has family members living with other colleagues and women stay at home and conduct tests as needed.

Now, 22 people have been confirmed infected in the prefecture.

At a meeting held at the prefectural office, Governor Kashima of Kumamoto said, "We are working to detect the cluster early and prevent its spread. On the premise that citizens of the prefecture may be infected themselves, we will act to avoid three secrets. I want to ask. "