Gunma Prefecture 5 new infection confirmed New Coronavirus April 16 23:56
Gunma prefecture announced on the 16th that it was confirmed that five men and women in their 60s to 90s were infected with the new coronavirus. One of them was a nurse in a nursing home where a mass infection occurred, and he was requested to refrain from going out as a heavy contact, but he said that he had worked night shifts twice at another medical institution.
According to Gunma Prefecture, four out of five newly confirmed infections were related to the paying elderly home "Fuwanoen" in Isesaki City, where a mass infection occurred, among residents in their 80s to 90s. He is a male nurse with three men and women and a staff member in his 60s living in Kiryu City.
Of these, a male nurse had been asked to refrain from going out for two weeks as a concentrated contact person, but after a negative test result was shown on the 11th of this month during that period, “Shinohara” in Kiryu City was held twice. I was working at the clinic at night.
After that, the patient had a coughing symptom and was tested again. The prefecture is investigating whether there are concentrated contacts in patients at the clinic.
The other is a woman in her 60s living in the jurisdiction of a public health center in Tomioka City. From 10th of this month, she was diagnosed as positive because she had symptoms such as malaise and fever.
The number of people who became infected in Gunma prefecture became 112, and 4 of them died.