Nara Prefecture announced on the 16th that a man in his thirties was confirmed to be infected with a mutant virus by a test conducted by the prefecture.
This is the first confirmation of a mutant virus infection in Nara Prefecture.
According to Nara Prefecture, a man in his thirties was confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus in early March, but a test by the prefecture confirmed that he was infected with the mutant virus on the 16th.
Although the man has never stayed abroad, he was a close contact of a person who had been confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus outside the prefecture, and as a result of the inspection, infection with the mutant virus was confirmed. about it.
The prefecture has been conducting a test for mutant virus at a facility in the prefecture since March, and has examined 10 samples so far, but this is the first time that infection with a mutant virus has been confirmed.
The prefecture will send samples to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases to proceed with detailed type identification.
At the press conference, Shinya Tsuruta, director of the Prefectural Medical Policy Bureau, said, "Since the identification of close contacts in the prefecture has been completed and all were negative at this point, we believe that there is no further spread of infection in this case. I would like to ask the citizens of the prefecture to continue to take thorough measures against infection regardless of whether it is a mutant virus or not. "