A group at Tokyo Medical and Dental University has announced that a new type of coronavirus, which is different from the one currently spreading in Japan, has been detected in inpatients.
Unlike the mutant virus reported in the United Kingdom, it has not been reported to be highly infectious, but it is said to be the first to be found in the country other than airport quarantine.
This was announced at a press conference online by a research group led by Professor Hiroaki Takeuchi of Tokyo Medical and Dental University.
The group collected samples of patients admitted to the hospital and examined the genetic information of the virus in detail, and found no other than quarantine at the airport from three patients admitted from November to December last year. , Three types of viruses that are widespread in the United Kingdom and the United States have been detected.
The virus is different from the mutated virus reported in the United Kingdom, South Africa, etc., and there are no reports of high infectivity.
Since none of the patients had traveled abroad, there was a high possibility of community-acquired infection in Japan, and two out of three were seriously ill, but there was no information that the pathogenicity was increasing, and further It requires investigation and analysis.
Instructor Takeuchi said, "Introduction of another strain of virus from overseas may cause further mutations. It is important to strengthen border measures and take actions that do not spread even to individuals." ..