34 people have been infected with various variants of the virus in Japan, and epidemic prevention experts are sounding the alarm

Wuhan pneumonia (novel coronavirus disease, COVID-19) variant virus in the UK has spread globally to at least 50 countries, and there are now several people infected in Japan. Japanese epidemic prevention experts warn of an extreme crisis if the variant virus continues to spread in Japan.

According to Japan’s Kyodo News, a total of 34 Japanese returnees or close contacts have been infected with the variant virus in the UK and other places. In addition to the UK, there are also people infected with the variant virus found in South Africa, and there are even people returning from Brazil who have been confirmed to be infected with another variant virus.

In addition, in the process of quarantine at Japanese airports, there have been “missed”, such as in the test negative, but after entering the country confirmed cases of mutated virus, The Japanese government “New Crown Countermeasures Group” President Shigeru Ogin warned. “If it spreads in Japan, there will be an extreme crisis situation.”

Epidemic prevention experts stressed that it is necessary to take action on the premise that “the mutated virus has been introduced into the country to a certain extent”, and the Ministry of health, Labour and Welfare also conducted tests on people who returned to Japan before December last year.