ANOTHER mutant species of COVID has been found in Japan – as experts warn it resembles highly contagious changes in the UK and South Africa
- Invisible substance found in Japan after plane passengers tested positive for virus
- Four men and women, from their teens to 40s, were found to have the new weight
- They had arrived at Haneda Airport in Tokyo from Brazil on Saturday, January 2nd
- Japan’s health and welfare department has told WHO the new finding
A new mutant species of coronavirus has been discovered in Japan that a health official says is similar to the highly contagious variants in Britain and South Africa.
The previously unseen mutation was found in four arrivals on a flight from Brazil.
According to Nikkei Asia, the passengers landed at Haneda Airport in Tokyo on Saturday, January 2nd.
The group, which has been identified as male and female from their teens to 40s, tested at the airport which came back positive.
Three of those who tested positive for the virus showed symptoms including breathing problems, fever and sore throat.
A new strain of coronavirus has been identified in Japan after four passengers who arrived on a flight from Brazil were tested at the airport. Pictured: People in Tokyo face mask
Three of those who tested positive for the virus showed symptoms including breathing problems, fever and sore throat. Pictured: Haneda Airport in Tokyo
According to Bloomberg, one man in his 40s had arrived in Japan without any symptoms but was later admitted to the hospital while struggling to breathe.
His tests were taken to the National Institute of Infectious Diseases which proved to be a variable variant.
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced the new emphasis to the World Health Organization.
The available information on the new snoring is currently limited to genetic makeup and it is not yet possible to determine its infectiousness.
It is not yet possible to know whether the vaccines being distributed around the world will be effective in fighting it.
Japan has recently seen more than 7,000 new cases per day, with Tokyo’s daily cases going to 2,000.
Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced the new emphasis to the World Health Organization. Pictured: People wear masks on the street in Tokyo
In total, Japan has confirmed more than 270,000 cases, including more than 3,900 deaths.
Several regional governments in Japan have called for a state of emergency confirmation such as the one the Prime Minister sent to the Tokyo area to halt the high rise in coronavirus cases.
The leaders of the prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and Hyogo in central Japan sent their request to Yasutoshi Nishimura, the minister in charge of coronavirus measures, in an online conference call Saturday, Osaka Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura told reporters.
No immediate decision was made, but the government’s panel of medical experts will investigate the situation, Yoshimura said.
Japan’s state of emergency, which kicked Friday in Tokyo and nearby Kanagawa, Saitama and Chiba, is centered around a call for restaurants and bars to close at 8pm. It lasts for a month but can be extended.