Odakyu Employees working at Shinjuku Station confirmed new infection for two people New Corona April 30 19:12

Odakyu Electric Railway Co., which had been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus among employees working at Shinjuku Station in Tokyo, announced that another male employee working at Shinjuku Station was newly infected.

According to Odakyu Electric Railway, the newly confirmed infection was a male employee in his thirties who was working at the ticket gates at Shinjuku station and the checkout office.

The male employee had a sense of discomfort on the 26th of this month, and was inspected the next day, and the infection was confirmed on the 28th, so he is currently waiting at home and planning to be hospitalized at a medical institution. Is that.

At Odakyu Electric Railway, another male employee working at Shinjuku Station has been confirmed to be infected on the 26th of this month, but it is said that the places where these two work are far from each other, and it does not hit rich contacts.

The company said that in addition to disinfecting the place where the newly confirmed employee was working, he also puts the employee who is a heavy contact person at home.

The man had the opportunity to come in contact with the passengers at the station, but because he had taken measures to prevent infection, such as wearing a mask and washing his hands diligently, he was told by the public health center that the risk of infection for passengers was low. It means that

Odakyu Electric Railways says, "We will work in cooperation with public health centers to strengthen and thoroughly implement preventive measures against infectious diseases."