Welfare Scenario “Isolation right away…no possibility of spreading in Korea”
According to NHK, Japanese Minister of Health, Labor and Welfare Tamura Norihisa held a press conference this evening and announced that “five returning from the UK have been confirmed to be infected with the COVID-19 mutant virus.”
This is the first time that a confirmed corona 19 mutant virus has been confirmed in Japan.
They returned home from the UK from mid-month until recently and tested positive for Corona 19 in airport quarantine. Subsequently, as a result of analyzing the sample at the National Infectious Disease Research Institute, it was confirmed that it was infected with the mutant virus. There are 5 men and women in their 60s from under 10 years old. Two returned home from Haneda Airport on the 18th and 20th, and three from Kansai Airport on the 21st. At the time of returning home, four had no symptoms and a man in his 60s complained of boredom, the media reported. Welfare Minister Tamura said, “Since they tested positive in airport quarantine, there is no possibility that they spread to others after arriving in Korea.”
Japan has imposed restrictions on entry to the UK, where the COVID-19 mutation has spread.
We are also preparing to carry out three days of hotel quarantine and inspection, 14 days of home quarantine, and follow-up measures for those arriving from the UK and South Africa, the Minister of Health Tamura explained. He stressed, “I will do my best to eliminate the possibility of the spread of mutations in Korea.”
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