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While their numbers continue to rise 15 to 20 cases a day, so far Japan appears to have avoided the runaway community transmission like we're seeing in South Korea, Italy, China, and Iran.
Some of this `success' may be due to limitations in their testing and surveillance system, but Japan has been fairly aggressive in promoting social distancing the past week or so.Tokyo Disneyland has been closed, all schools have been ordered closed for the next 30 days, and in Hokkaido a state of emergency has been declared. Whether - or for how long - this will stave off wider community spread remains to be seen.
Outbreak of new coronavirus-related patients (218-232 cases)
Today (March 1), 15 patients with infectious diseases related to this new type of coronavirus from Fukuoka, Kanagawa, Chiba, Hokkaido, Tokyo, Kochi, Aichi and Hyogo prefectures have the following: I will report it.
With this announcement, there will be 254 domestic cases of infection (232 patients, 22 asymptomatic pathogen carriers).
We will carry out proactive epidemiological investigations on this matter, including the identification of close contacts.
Outline:
- Kitakyushu City: 1 patient (218 cases: male in 60s)
- Kanagawa Prefecture: 2 patients (219 cases: female in 70s, 220 cases: female in 50s)
- Funabashi City: 1 patient (221 Example: Male in their 20s)
- North Seaway: 2 patients (222: Female in their 20s, 223: Male in their 40s)
- Tokyo Metropolitan Tokyo: 2 patients (224: Female in their 50s, 225 : Male in 70s)
- Sagamihara City: 2 patients (226th: Male in 50s, 227th: Female in 50s)
- Kochi Prefecture: 1 patient (228th: Female in 60s)
- Nagoya City: 3 patients (229 cases: female in 80s, 230 cases: female in 50s, 231 cases: female in 60s)
- Nishimiya City: 1 patient (232 cases: male in 40s)
※ in addition, the contents of the published article in the municipality In the event that it does not meet the Ministry's publication standards, it will be published in accordance with the Ministry's publication standards.
- Chiba : 224 case was the same person as the following, Kitakyushu City, Kanagawa Prefecture, Funabashi-shi, Hokkaido, Tokyo, Sagamihara City, Kochi Prefecture, Nagoya, Nishinomiya, information from Chiba Prefecture
