Kumamoto City announced that it was confirmed that a man in his twenties living in the city was infected with a new mutant virus "Omicron strain" of the new coronavirus.
This is the first time that an infection with the "Omicron strain" has been confirmed in Kumamoto Prefecture.
According to Kumamoto City, this man in his twenties was found to be infected with the new coronavirus on the 4th of this month, and as a result of detailed analysis, it was confirmed that he was infected with the "Omicron strain" on the 7th. about it.
I am currently hospitalized, but my symptoms are mild.
The man also traveled from the 26th of last month to the 1st of this month to visit Tokyo, Osaka and Hiroshima prefectures, and is believed to have been infected in these areas.
It is not possible to clarify whether the man was vaccinated at his own will.
In addition, there is one male close contact in the prefecture and five outside the prefecture, and one of them in the prefecture was confirmed to be negative.
Kumamoto City says, "Even if it is an Omicron strain, it is effective to wear a mask and wash your hands, so I would like to ask the citizens to continue to take basic infection control measures."