According to people familiar with the matter, it has been newly confirmed that a man who has stayed in the United Kingdom is infected with the mutated new coronavirus, which is spreading locally.
The man is the captain of the aircraft, and the women in the family have been confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus, and the National Institute of Infectious Diseases is analyzing whether the virus is mutated.
The two are hospitalized at a medical institution in Tokyo.
The mutated new coronavirus is said to be more infectious than normal viruses, and the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare is investigating the infection route and whether there are any people with close contact.
By the 25th, airport quarantine had confirmed that the virus had infected five men and women who had stayed in the United Kingdom.