Shizuoka Prefecture announced on the 3rd that it was confirmed that four people living in the prefecture were infected with the new coronavirus "Omicron strain".
All of them are close contacts of people who have been confirmed to be infected so far, and the prefecture has determined that they are not community-acquired.
According to the prefecture, four people living in the prefecture were newly confirmed to be infected with the Omicron strain, and two of them were minors.
All of them are mildly ill and are hospitalized.
The four were confirmed on the 1st, ▽ Japanese employees of the US military facility "Camp Fuji" in Gotemba City, and ▽ close contacts of people who arrived from overseas last month, and the prefecture has an infection route. Since it has been identified, it is judged that it is not a community-acquired infection.
He also identified all four close contacts and requested that they refrain from going out for 14 days after the last contact.
The total number of infected Omicron strains confirmed in the prefecture is now eight.
The prefecture is calling out, "Since the number of movements across prefectural borders is increasing during the year-end and New Year holidays, mutant strains may have spread nationwide. Be careful to avoid crowds as it is one step before community-acquired infection." increase.