Osaka Prefecture announced that it has been newly confirmed that 10 men and women in the prefecture are infected with the new mutant virus "Omicron strain" of the new coronavirus.
Infection with the "Omicron strain" was confirmed in 10 men and women under the age of 10 to 80s living in the prefecture.
According to Osaka Prefecture, all are mild or asymptomatic.
Of these, two boys under the age of 10 were children of an elementary school in Settsu City where the new corona cluster occurred, and it was confirmed that four of them had been infected with the Omicron strain by the 30th. ..
In addition, one female in her 70s was a user of an elderly facility in Neyagawa City, where a cluster of Omicron strains first occurred in the prefecture, and a total of eight women were confirmed to be infected with Omicron strains at this facility. I did.
One of the other seven people is considered to be a community-acquired infection because they have no history of traveling abroad.
A total of 44 people were confirmed to be infected with the Omicron strain in a survey conducted by Osaka Prefecture.