Fukui Prefecture announced on the 22nd that 41 people were infected with the new coronavirus.
Of these, 32 are residents and staff of long-term care facilities, and all of them have been vaccinated twice, so it is said that a cluster of so-called "breakthrough infections" has occurred in Fukui Prefecture.
Infection of 32 people was confirmed at "Silver Care Fuji", a long-term care health facility in Echizen City.
After the infection of one employee was confirmed on the 21st, 189 residents and employees were inspected, and 20 men and women in their 70s to 90s, Echizen City and Sabae A total of 32 people, including 12 employees in their 20s to 70s who live in the city, were confirmed to be infected.
According to Fukui Prefecture, all the people who were confirmed to be infected at this facility were subject to priority vaccination and had completed two vaccinations by around June. It is said that a cluster occurred due to "breakthrough infection".
Hiroyuki Kubota, director of the Fukui Prefecture Health and Welfare Department, said, "In some cases, it is difficult to understand the infection, such as the epidemic of the Delta strain and the progress of vaccination without fever. I want you to do it. "
In addition, Fukui Prefecture announced on the 23rd that two new infections were confirmed in the family of staff members who were confirmed to be infected at this facility.
Fukui Prefecture has not disclosed whether the two were vaccinated.