Tokyo Hachioji Teacher infection causes 160 junior high school students to undergo PCR testing New Corona July 31 15:35
It was confirmed that one teacher of a municipal junior high school in Hachioji, Tokyo was infected with the new coronavirus, and the public health center determined that 160 students and three colleagues were close contacts, and successively conducted PCR tests. It was decided.
According to the Hachioji City Board of Education, this teacher who works at a municipal junior high school had a fever on the 25th of this month, so he visited a medical institution the next day, and as a result of the subsequent PCR test, he was infected with the new coronavirus on the 30th. It has been confirmed.
It is said that he is currently undergoing medical treatment at a medical institution and his symptoms are mild, but so far the route of infection is unknown.
The teacher last worked on the 23rd of this month, two days before the onset of symptoms, and the public health center decided that 160 students and three teachers of a colleague were close contacts and conducted PCR tests sequentially from the 31st. It was decided to go.
According to the Board of Education, this junior high school was scheduled to start summer vacation from the 6th of next month, but to prevent the spread of infection, it will be temporarily closed from the 31st, and the summer vacation will continue.