Minister of Foreign Affairs Cancels Foreign Ministers' Meeting Due to Family Infection New Corona Apr. 10 19:08

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed that the family of senior officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has been infected with the new coronavirus, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that Foreign Minister Mogi is unlikely to be a close contact. The scheduled press conference was canceled shortly before the start.

According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was a family of senior officials that were found to be infected with the new coronavirus.

On the afternoon of the 10th, a virus test confirmed that the infection had occurred, and that executive had also been tested for the virus. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said that even if senior officials test positive, it is unlikely that Foreign Minister Mogi will be a close contact, but as a precautionary measure, it is scheduled at 2:00 pm on October 10. The regular press conference was canceled shortly before.

Minister Mogi says that minimizing contact with people until the results of the inspections of executives are available.

On the other hand, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs initially told the press that the reason for canceling the conference was `` Because the Cabinet became a portable form from today, '' but it was said that it was due to infection of the family of executives in the evening. The description has been changed.