Kobe City announced that it found a mutant virus that spreads in the United Kingdom in about 55% of the people who examined the sample in the week until March 11th in its own test for the new mutated coronavirus. I did.
The city is calling attention to the spread of the mutant virus.
Kobe City is conducting its own inspection to find out how much the mutated new corona virus is spreading in the area.
On the 19th, we announced the results of the week from March 5th to 11th, which is the latest inspection.
According to this, it was found that 58 out of 105 specimens tested by PCR, or 55.2% of the total, were mutant viruses.
Both were mutant viruses that spread in the United Kingdom.
According to Kobe City's own inspection, ▼ 21.9% for the week until February 25 ▼ 38.8% for the week until March 4, and the proportion of mutant viruses is gradually increasing.
Meanwhile, Kobe City has announced that one person infected with the mutant virus has died.
This is the first time that the death of a person infected with a mutant virus has been announced in Hyogo prefecture.
Mayor of Kobe "Citizens should take thorough measures and the government should show knowledge such as infectivity"
At a press conference, Mayor Hisamoto of Kobe City said, "There is no doubt that mutant strains are spreading, and I want citizens to take more thorough measures against infection than ever before. I would like you to have a solid understanding of how infectious it is. "