Okinawa Prefecture announced that the first mutant virus confirmed in the state of California in the western United States was found in the infected people of the new coronavirus confirmed in the prefecture.
This mutant virus is the first to be confirmed in Japan except for quarantine at the airport.
According to Okinawa Prefecture, a sample of a person infected with the new coronavirus confirmed in the prefecture was confirmed for the first time in western California in the United States as a result of conducting a "genome analysis" to examine genetic information at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases in late March. It means that a mutant virus was found.
According to the prefecture, this mutant virus has been confirmed in Japan for the first time except for quarantine at the airport.
Regarding this mutant virus, WHO = World Health Organization has confirmed that it may be highly infectious in the United Kingdom, South Africa, and Brazil in South America, respectively, as a "notable mutant strain" next to the three mutant viruses. is.
At a press conference, Governor Tamaki said that the relationship between the mutant virus and the US military base in Okinawa was "not reported as a mutant strain derived from the US military."