It was newly confirmed that 150 people were infected with the mutated coronavirus that has spread in the United Kingdom and South Africa in the week leading up to the 23rd.
It has increased by nearly 20% from the previous week.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, as a result of extracting samples from some newly infected persons and analyzing genes, a total of 150 people in 12 prefectures in the week until the 23rd have spread in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Brazil. It was confirmed that he was infected with a mutant virus.
The number of 128 people confirmed in the previous week is 22, which is 17% higher.
▽ Hyogo prefecture has the largest number of 67 people, followed by
▽ Osaka prefecture with 33 people,
▽ Chiba prefecture with 19 people,
▽ Shizuoka prefecture with 10 people,
▽ Gifu prefecture with 5 people,
▽ Tokyo and Okayama prefecture with 4 people each,
▽ Hiroshima prefecture has 3 people,
▽ Kanagawa prefecture has 2 people,
▽ Tochigi prefecture and Saitama prefecture, and
▽ Kagawa prefecture has 1 person each.
Infected in a wide range of age groups including children
In Japan, a wide range of age groups, including children, are infected with the mutant virus.
For persons infected 405 people of the mutant virus to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has been confirmed so far this month 16 days, was examined the age,
▽ most common of the 67 people in their 40s, but was 17% in the rate,
▽ next The majority were 59 children under the age of 10, 15% of the
total, and 48 teens, 12%.
Teens and younger make up about a quarter of the total.
In other age
groups
,
▽ 20 units were 35 people, 9%,
▽ 30s were 54 people, 13%,
▽ 50s were 45 people, 11%,
▽ 60s were 25 people, 6%,
▽ 70s. 27 people accounted for 7%, and
35 people in their 80s or older accounted for 9%.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, in the opinion of a British expert meeting, the mutant virus is not more susceptible to infection in children than adults, and it is reported that it can be transmitted at any age. is.
Outbreaks of mutant viruses in Japan
Outbreaks of mutant viruses involving children are also occurring in Japan.
In Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, a cluster occurred at an after-school children's association attended by elementary school students this month, and by the 23rd, 33 people including children and staff were confirmed to be infected.
All are believed to have been infected with a mutant virus that spreads in the United Kingdom.
Both were mild or asymptomatic, and the elementary school where the children's association was established was temporarily closed.
In Saitama Prefecture, an outbreak of the mutant virus was revealed at a children's facility last month, and a total of 20 people, including children and staff, have been confirmed to be infected.
Japan Pediatric Society "There is nothing particularly common in children"
Regarding mutant viruses, experts at home and abroad have indicated that there is no data at this time that the risk is particularly high in children.
Of these, the Japanese Society of Pediatrics has posted their views on mutant viruses on their web pages.
According to it, it is known that the mutant virus has a stronger ability to infect other people than the conventional virus, and about the mutant virus that started to spread in the UK, "Children gather in Japan At the institution, clusters of this mutant have been reported and many children have been infected. However, in London, England, where the mutant is already widespread, the infection with the mutant is not particularly common in children. The proportion of infected adults and children has not changed significantly before and after the emergence of mutant strains. "
"In children, most infected people are asymptomatic to mild, and there is no difference between existing strains and mutant strains. Frequent symptoms include fever, cough, nasal discharge, diarrhea, and headache. There is no evidence to date that strains can cause more severe symptoms in children. Countermeasures against mutant strains are the same as before, but infection control is particularly good for highly infectious viruses. We are worried about the spread of infection to small children who cannot do it. In the future, we need to carefully look at the spread of mutant strains in Japan and the infected children. "
WHO "Easy to get infected in all ages"
Also, apart from this, the WHO = World Health Organization is more susceptible to transmission of the mutant virus that has spread in the United Kingdom in all age groups, including children, and the risk of children is higher than in other age groups. I haven't.
WHO experts say that during the time the mutant virus spread, there were no school closures in the UK and the infection appears to have spread among children.
On top of that, while research on the mutant virus is currently underway, research in the United Kingdom suggests that children are not particularly susceptible to the mutant virus.
Number of infected people so far by prefecture
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, the number of people who have been confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus is
▽ Hokkaido 13 people,
▽ Fukushima prefecture 5 people,
▽ Ibaraki prefecture 1 person,
▽ Tochigi prefecture 2 people (+1 person)
▽ Gunma prefecture has 3 people,
▽ Saitama prefecture has 58 people (+1 person)
▽ Chiba prefecture has 20 people (+19 people)
▽ Tokyo has 18 people (+4 people)
▽ Kanagawa prefecture has 30 people (+1 person)
▽ Niigata prefecture 32 people,
▽ Ishikawa prefecture 1 person,
▽ Yamanashi prefecture 2 people,
▽ Nagano prefecture 1 person,
▽ Gifu prefecture 9 people (+5 people)
▽ Shizuoka prefecture 17 people (+10 people)
▽ Shiga prefecture 2
people
People,
▽ Kyoto prefecture 24 people,
▽ Osaka prefecture 105 people (+33 people)
▽ Hyogo prefecture 161 people (+67 people)
▽ Okayama prefecture 7 people (+4 people)
▽ Hiroshima prefecture 15 people (+3 people),
▽ Tokushima prefecture has 9 people,
▽ Kagawa prefecture has 2 people (+1 person),
▽ Ehime prefecture has 6 people,
▽ Kagoshima prefecture has 5 people,
▽ Okinawa prefecture has 1 person.
So far, a total of 549 people have been confirmed to be infected with the mutant virus in Japan, 501 in the United Kingdom, 35 in Brazil, and 13 in South Africa. ..
In order to strengthen the monitoring system, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare has decided to raise the current target of 5% to 10% for checking whether newly infected persons are infected with the mutant virus to about 40%.