New variant of virus seen in Japan, impact unknown

The outbreak of the Chinese communist virus continues to spread in Japan. The four confirmed patients who returned to Japan from Brazil were found to have a virus similar to the British and South African mutant viruses, but The Japanese National Institute of Infectious Diseases today (Jan. 10) concluded that the virus is different from the British and South African mutant viruses and is a new mutant virus.

Comprehensive Japanese media reports, Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases announced today that four male and female confirmed passengers who returned from Brazil a few days ago and landed at Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, found the latest variant of the virus, and previously said to be similar to the British and South African virus is different. The four passengers mentioned above are a man in his 40s, a woman in her 30s, a teenager in her teens and a young girl.

Japan’s National Institute of Infectious Diseases said the confirmed patients have been sent to an isolation ward to monitor at any time and actively carry out investigations, but at present do not know the details of the virus, nor do we know the severity of the infection and the impact on the vaccine. Even in the face of the latest mutation of the virus, the Institute continues to urge the public to wear a good mask and wash their hands regularly to avoid infection.

The third wave of the Chinese communist virus (novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19) is raging, and as of 5:30 p.m. Japan time today (10), 4607 new people have been infected nationwide.