China News Service, March 11. According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK), on the 11th, Hideki Omura, governor of Aichi Prefecture, Japan said at a press conference that two cluster infections had occurred in Nagoya City, and the number of confirmed diagnoses reached 81 .
According to reports, Omura said two cluster infections occurred in a gym and a welfare center. Among them, a total of 36 people including users and contacts were diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia in the gym and 45 in the welfare center.
In this regard, Omura said, "At present, the city government has issued a closing request for elderly welfare institutions and will support these institutions." He also said that "if confirmed cases are found, medical institutions will actively cooperate".
As of 12:00 noon on the 11th local time, the number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in Japan was 583, of which 99 were in Aichi Prefecture.