Saitama 20 newly confirmed men and women Infected with 590 people in the prefecture including patients and nurses April 18 0:27
On the 17th, Saitama Prefecture announced that 20 men and women living both inside and outside the prefecture were newly confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
According to Saitama Prefecture, 20 new males and females in their teens and 70s living outside the prefecture were newly confirmed to be infected.
All of them have mild symptoms, but 10 of them have no known route of infection.
A man in his 70s is a patient at Tokorozawa Akio Hospital in Tokorozawa city, where multiple infections have been confirmed so far. There are 21 people.
A woman in her 30s in Wako is said to be a nurse at the Saitama Medical Center in Urawa-ku, Saitama City, which is run by an independent administrative agency, where multiple infectious cases have been confirmed in hospitalized patients.
It means that the man in his 50s in Hidaka works at Minami Koma Elementary School in Hanno City.
In addition, on the 17th, a total of 6 infections were confirmed in Saitama City and Koshigaya City Kawagoe City, and the number of infected people announced in Saitama Prefecture became 590.
Nursing-infected hospital Outpatient discontinuation Limited emergency
According to the website of the Saitama Medical Center in Urawa-ku, Saitama City, operated by an independent administrative institution, a nurse in her thirties found that she was infected with the new coronavirus. It has been confirmed.
For this reason, the hospital will stop all outpatient visits, including those with referral letters, and restrict emergency medical treatment and acceptance of inpatients from 14th of this month.