23 new infections, including 5 students from Tsuchiura Hidaka in Ibaraki prefecture: Tokyo Shimbun TOKYO Web



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Ibaraki Prefectural Office

Ibaraki Prefectural Office

  • Ibaraki Prefectural Office

Ibaraki Prefecture and Mito City announced on the 16th that 23 people, including 5 students from Tsuchiura Hidaka (Tsuchiura City), who had a group (group of infectious people) in the men’s basketball club, were recently infected with the new corona virus. did. The total number of infected people in the prefecture is 2,053.

The breakdown of the place of residence is Tote City, Tsukuba City 4 people each, Furukawa City 2 people, Mito City, Hitachi Ota City, Kasama City, Komitama City, Yuki City, Tsuchiura City, Ushiku City, Moriya City, Inashiki City, Kasumi Gaura A person from the city, Kansu city, Ami city and outside the prefecture. Women in their 50s in Inashiki City, 60-year-old men in Yuki City, and 50-year-old men in Tsukuba City have slightly more severe symptoms.

At Tsuchiura Hidaka, about 400 students are inspected at a time. Three of the five newly infected students were tested at the same time and the remaining two went to a medical institution to find out.

In addition, 5 students are 4 boys and 1 girl. One of the activities of the club to which they belong is the basketball club, three are the volleyball club and the rest has not been disclosed. There are a total of 20 related infected people.

The prefecture announced that 25 people were discharged from the hospital and completed home medical treatment. The total number of people discharged from the hospital was 1,697.

On the other hand, 17 men and women up to 60 years old, including an employee in her 30s in the city of Tsukuba who participated in a dinner that the prefecture recognized as a group in late November, were initially announced as “self-employed.” A prefectural official revealed that the person was a medical worker.

37 people participated in this dinner. The breakdown of occupations announced by the prefecture is 9 office workers, 6 self-employed and 2 medical workers. A medical worker was included in self-employment, and it appears that he was a practitioner.

The prefecture publishes attributes such as occupation, age and place of residence based on the content of interviews with infected people, with the consent of the person.

A head of the Prefecture’s Disease Control Division said: “I did it on my own because the other party wanted it. I announced it to the extent that I could understand it. I point out that it is different if it is clearly false.” (Chihiro Hosaka)


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