Tokushima Prefecture announced on the 5th that a man in his 40s who had returned to the prefecture was confirmed to be infected with the new mutant virus "Omicron strain" of the new coronavirus.
This is the first time that Omicron strain has been confirmed to be infected in Tokushima Prefecture.
Infection with the "Omicron strain" was confirmed in a man in his 40s living in Osaka Prefecture.
The man had a fever when he returned to Tokushima prefecture at the end of the year, so the prefecture announced on the 3rd that he was infected with the new coronavirus and was conducting a genome analysis to see if it was an Omicron strain.
The man was admitted to a hospital in the prefecture, but he was mildly ill, and all five close contacts, including his family, were confirmed to be negative.
This is the first time that Omicron strain has been confirmed in Tokushima Prefecture.
In addition, although not infected in the prefecture, a man in his twenties living in the prefecture who was confirmed to be positive by the test received in Hiroshima prefecture was also confirmed to be infected with the Omicron strain on the 5th. ..
Men are mild and have no close contacts.
About the two people, the prefecture thinks that it was infected outside the prefecture from the time when the symptoms appeared, and says that there is no possibility of community-acquired infection in Tokushima prefecture.