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In Japan and Lebanon, cases of a new virus variant of coronavirus infection (Corona 19) have been confirmed in the UK. After Europe, countries in Asia and the Middle East have also reported coronavirus cases, and the world is tense.
Amid the spread of a new coronavirus infection (Corona 19) in Japan, on the 14th, near Shinjuku station, Tokyo, it fills with pedestrians. [연합뉴스]
The Japanese Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare, Tamura Norihisa, held a press conference on the night of the 25th and revealed that five people who recently returned from the UK were infected with the corona 19 strain. This is the first time it has been confirmed in Japan a person infected with Corona 19.
According to the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, five people infected with coronavirus were men and women between 10 and 60 years old, two of them entered Japan through the Haneda airport and three through the Kansai airport on the 21st.
They tested positive for corona 19 at the airport quarantine station, and their samples were tested by the Japan National Institute of Infectious Diseases to confirm they were infected with the coronavirus strain. Four of those infected are asymptomatic and one complains of boredom, reported the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare.
Japanese health authorities are quarantining the five infected people and investigating the route of infection and whether they are in close contact.
That day a corona infection was confirmed in Lebanon. Lebanese Health Minister Hamana Hassan said on Twitter that “a case of variant corona infection was reported on a flight departing from London on the 21st for Lebanon.” Minister Hassan requested that passengers on the same plane as the confirmed patient undergo corona 19 diagnostic tests and take quarantine measures.
To date, the countries with UK COVID-19 infections are the Netherlands, Denmark, France, Italy, Singapore, Germany, and Hong Kong.
The British government announced that the crown strain, which appears to have first appeared in London and Kent in mid-September, is spreading rapidly. The coronavirus variant is known to be 56-70% stronger than the existing virus.
Experts estimate that mutations in the spike protein occur on the surface of the Corona 19 virus, facilitating its penetration into the human body.
Concerned about the spread of the coronavirus variant from the UK, countries around the world have stepped up entry restrictions to the UK. The Japanese government has also temporarily suspended the entry of foreigners from the UK after the 24th.
Reporter Lee Min-jung [email protected]
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