Nagano City: Newly confirmed infection of two people, totaling 54 people in the prefecture New Corona April 21 18:34
Nagano City announced that two new people were confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.
According to Nagano City, the infection was confirmed in women in their 60s living in Nagano and men in their 50s living in Tokyo.
Of these, a woman in her 60s living in Nagano City had been recovering at home since she had a fever of 38 degrees on the 12th of this month, but on the 19th she became dyspnea and was transferred to a medical institution. The infection was confirmed on the day, so it means that he is currently on a ventilator and is seriously ill.
Nagano City has decided that 11 people, including 8 nurses from a medical institution that correspond to this woman and 3 people living together, are considered to be rich contacts.
We confirmed the response when wearing a ventilator at a medical institution, and found that there was no filter to prevent the virus from being released outside the body through the exhalation of a woman, and 8 of the people who responded. It is because he found out that he did not wear a high-performance medical mask.
It means that 8 people are not currently working and continue to follow up.
“It's a pity that a heavy contact has occurred at a medical institution. I would like to see other medical institutions take action to prevent this infection,” said Yoshikiyo Kobayashi, director of Nagano City Public Health Center. It was.
On the other hand, a man in his 50s was a rich contact with a woman in his 70s who was confirmed to have been infected on the 14th of this month. He lived in Tokyo and returned home from the 4th of this month. is.
The man had a chill and a fever in the 37's level on the 18th of this month, and a test confirmed the infection on the 20th. I was admitted to a designated infectious disease medical institution and had mild illness.
Now there are 54 infected people in the prefecture. In addition, there are 6 people discharged.