Japan confirms 1st coronavirus death as more infections reported
Japan confirms 1st coronavirus death as more infections reported
A Japanese woman in her 80s infected with the new coronavirus died Thursday, becoming the country's first confirmed fatality, the health minister said, as more cases of infection were reported besides hundreds on a quarantined cruise ship near Tokyo. The woman from Kanagawa Prefecture near the Japanese capital, who had not traveled overseas recently, was found to be infected with the virus after she died, health minister Katsunobu Kato told a press conference. She had been diagnosed with pneumonia and hospitalized since Feb. 1, the health ministry said, adding her breathing deteriorated on Feb. 6.....
In Wakayama Prefecture, a surgeon in his 50s became the first doctor in Japan to be infected with the virus, the local government said. It was not known whether he had close contact with visitors from China, the epicenter of the outbreak.
Dead woman found infected with coronavirus | NHK WORLD-JAPAN News
The woman in her 80s, living in Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, visited a hospital on January 22 as she was suffering from fatigue. Her health conditions had been monitored until she was diagnosed with pneumonia and admitted to the hospital on February 1. Her respiratory condition deteriorated on February 6 and she was transported to another hospital. On Wednesday, her respiratory condition became worse and she underwent a test for the coronavirus. The test result that showed she was positive came out on Thursday after she died earlier in the day. She had no record of overseas travel.
OK, this begs a question. Did they not do scans on her to see the ground glass appearance etc before the test?