Tokyo Detention Center Confirmed infection of defendants Defendants and inmates were the first in the country to be nationwide on April 11 at 23:40

The Ministry of Justice has announced that it has been confirmed that defendants in their 60s held in Tokyo detention have been infected with the new coronavirus. This is the first time that a defendant or other defendant in a correctional facility has been infected.

The infection was confirmed in a defendant in a man in his 60s who was held at Tokyo Detention Center in Katsushika, Tokyo.

According to the Ministry of Justice, when the defendant was detained in Tokyo Detention Center earlier this month, he had self-reported that there was a time when fever was continuing, and he was observing the progress in a private room.

Then, on the 9th, fever and other symptoms were observed, and as a result of the PCR test, a positive result was confirmed on the 11th.

It means that the staff of Tokyo Detention Center and other defendants have no symptoms such as fever.

In correctional facilities such as prisons and prisons nationwide, four prisoners have been infected in Osaka detention centers, but this is the first time that infected defendants and inmates have been infected. .