According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, it was confirmed on the 28th that a woman in her thirties who arrived at Narita Airport from South Africa on the 19th of this month was infected with a new mutant coronavirus that has been confirmed locally.
In South Africa, a mutant virus different from the one confirmed in the United Kingdom etc. has been found, but it was confirmed that people who tested positive in Japan including quarantine were infected with this virus. Is the first time.
In addition, from the 1st to the 24th of this month, it was newly confirmed that 6 men and women in their teens to 40s who arrived from the United Kingdom were infected with the mutant virus that is spreading locally.