On the 18th in Chiba prefecture, it was found that a man in his twenties who had no underlying disease was infected with the new coronavirus and became seriously ill.
According to Chiba Prefecture, a male office worker in his twenties who lives in Ichikawa City and has no underlying illness developed the disease on May 13, and was confirmed infected with the new coronavirus at a clinic he visited two days later.
After that, the man was diagnosed with severe illness and was taken to the hospital by emergency, and now he is being treated with an artificial heart-lung machine called ECMO in the intensive care unit.
In Chiba prefecture, a man in his twenties who had no underlying illness was infected with the new coronavirus and became seriously ill in January, and then died.
The Chiba Prefectural Disease Control Division is calling for "young people may become seriously ill, so I would like them to take proper measures to prevent infection."