Chiba Kashiwa Newly confirmed infection 1 Nurse at a medical facility in the city New Corona April 26, 17:57

Kashiwa City, Chiba Prefecture, announced that nurses in their thirties who newly work for medical institutions in the city were found to have been infected with the new coronavirus.

A new infection was confirmed in a woman in her 30s who lives in Saitama Prefecture and works as a nurse at a medical institution in Kashiwa City.

According to Kashiwa-shi, a woman went to a medical institution on the 25th due to chills and drowsiness, and a virus test revealed that she was infected.

It means that the woman used to commute by car from Saitama prefecture to her work place.

Kashiwa City intends to promote the identification of concentrated contacts at medical institutions where it works.

On the 26th, in Chiba prefecture, 4 people have been confirmed to have been infected in Chiba City, and the number of confirmed infections in the prefecture has reached 804.