Monday, September 1 19 more cases of dengue confirmed in Tokyo デング熱感染者さらに19人、代々木公園が感染源か Nineteen more people were confirmed by the health ministry Monday to have contracted dengue fever in Tokyo, bringing the total to 22 in the first cases of domestic infection in Japan since 1945. None of the people had recently traveled overseas, but all had recently spent time in Tokyo’s Yoyogi Park and are thought to have been bitten there by mosquitoes carrying the virus. The disease is not transmitted directly from person to person. The Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry called on anyone experiencing a high fever three to seven days after suffering a mosquito bite to seek medical attention, but noted that serious complications of dengue fever are rare. Of the 19 confirmed patients, 13 are residents of Tokyo, two are from Kanagawa Prefecture and one each from Saitama, Chiba, Ibaraki and Niigata prefectures, the ministry said. Infection was confirmed in three other people last Wednesday and Thursday. Two were from Saitama and one was from Tokyo. The ministry is now investigating whether anyone close to the confirmed patients has also been infected.
Posted on: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 19:46:34 +0000
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