December 29 According to a report by Japan’s Kyodo News Agency, Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare released information on the 28th that a woman in her 30s who had stayed in South Africa was infected with the mutant novel coronavirus.
This is the first confirmed case of mutant COVID-19 in South Africa in Japan.
The Ministry of Health and Labor said that the woman diagnosed with the mutant novel coronavirus arrived at Narita Airport on December 19.
It is said that there are no symptoms.
Previously, six people in Japan were diagnosed with the mutant coronavirus reported in the United Kingdom.
They have recently stayed in the United Kingdom, and one of them has also infected his family.
The Japanese government has announced that it will suspend new arrivals worldwide from December 28 to the end of January 2021.
