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Japan, an incumbent lawmaker died from Corona 19.
As the spread of Corona 19 in Japan is getting stronger and stronger, a mutant virus in South Africa has also been confirmed following the British mutant virus.
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Yuichiro Hata, a member of the Japanese Constitutional Democratic Party, died suddenly yesterday (28th).
Clinic Hata suffered from fever two to three days before, and died while going to the hospital to be tested for Corona 19.
Corona 19 infection was confirmed in post-test.
It is the first time in Japan that an incumbent lawmaker has died of coronavirus.
Rep. Hata attended the standing secretary of the Constitutional Democratic Party held at the National Assembly on the 22nd before symptoms appeared, and the next day, it is known that he also attended party meetings and press conferences held in local districts.
Japanese politics took an emergency, such as urging fellow lawmakers who had contact with Congressman Hata to undergo corona testing.
The spread of corona in Japan is getting stronger.
Yesterday, Monday, there were 2,400 new confirmed cases.
It is the highest for 4 weeks in a row on a Monday with fewer tests than usual over the weekend.
Cumulative confirmed cases exceeded 224,000, and deaths exceeded 3,300.
In the meantime, a person infected with the South African mutant virus was also confirmed for the first time following a mutation from the UK.
It is known that the infected person stayed in South Africa and entered Japan on the 19th.
Japanese health officials said it has been confirmed that there are no close contacts.
In principle, Japan has stopped entering new foreigners until the end of January next year to prevent further influx of the mutant virus.