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About outbreak of asymptomatic pathogen carrier associated with new coronavirus

Asymptomatic pathogen carriers are those who have no symptoms but have a positive PCR test

Yesterday (January 30), at 210: 45 yesterday at the National Institute of Infectious Diseases, out of 210 Japanese nationals who returned to Japan on a charter flight from Wuhan City at 20:45, they were involved in a new coronavirus. Testing revealed that all 13 individuals were negative.

At around 10:00 today (January 31), the National Institute of Infectious Diseases reported results for the remaining 197 patients. Among them, there were two cases of infectious diseases related to the new coronavirus. Both cases are asymptomatic pathogen carriers.

These were Japanese who returned yesterday on a charter flight from Wuhan City, and a new coronavirus was detected as a result of a PCR test that performed a sample collection at the National Center for Global Health and Medicine. We will carry out proactive epidemiological investigations on this matter, including the identification of close contacts.

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Third case holder of asymptomatic pathogen
(1) Age: 30s
(2) Gender: Male
(3) Place of residence: Under investigation
(4) Symptoms, progress:
January 30 : Returned to Japan at around 8:57. There were no symptoms, and the test was positive just in case.
(5) Action history:
According to his report, he has not stopped by the seafood market in Wuhan (South China Seafood Castle).
No clear contact with pneumonia patients has been identified in China.

4th case of asymptomatic pathogen carrier
(1) Age: 50s
(2) Gender: Male
(3) Place of residence: Under investigation
(4) Symptoms, progress: Jan.
30 : Returned at about 8:57. There were no symptoms, and the test was positive just in case.
(5) Action history:
According to his report, he has not stopped at the seafood market in Wuhan (South China Seafood Castle).
No clear contact with pneumonia patients has been identified in China.

JANUARY 31, 2020 / 2:28 PM / UPDATED 12 MINUTES
“BERLIN (Reuters) - A new coronavirus that is spreading around the world has been confirmed in a child in Germany, the southern state of Bavaria said on Friday, bringing the total number of known cases in Germany to six.

The new case is a child of an employee at the same firm where four more individuals in the Munich area were infected, the state health ministry said in a statement.

The new case is a child of an employee at the same firm where four more individuals in the Munich area were infected, the state health ministry said in a statement.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-health-germany-child/german-coronavirus-cases-climb-to-six-after-child-infected-ministry-idUSKBN1ZU1TT