Kagawa Prefecture announced late last month that one infected person who had symptoms of the new coronavirus was infected with a mutant virus that had spread in the United Kingdom.
This is the first time that infection with a mutant virus has been confirmed in Kagawa Prefecture.
According to Kagawa Prefecture, a sample of one infected person who had symptoms of the new coronavirus was sent to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in late last month for detailed examination, and it was confirmed that he was infected with a mutant virus that had spread in the United Kingdom. It means that it was done.
This is the first time that infection with a mutant virus has been confirmed in Kagawa Prefecture, and the infected person is hospitalized at a medical institution in the prefecture.
The prefecture says that even if it is a mutant virus, the infection prevention measures are the same as before.
According to the prefecture, the infection of the mutant virus is spreading in the prefecture at the moment because the infected person does not have the opportunity to stay abroad or contact an unspecified number of people in the two weeks until the symptoms appear. It is unlikely.