都内女性から変異ウイルス　市中感染疑い１０人目―厚労省

　厚生労働省は２９日、東京都の５０代女性から英国で流行する変異した新型コロナウイルスが検出されたと発表した。コロナに感染した都内の５０代男性の濃厚接触者で、２人とも渡航歴はない。変異ウイルスの市中感染疑い例は１０人目で、厚労省などは男性についても詳しく検査している。
　厚労省によると、女性の感染は、都内の陽性者約１７００人の検体を調べる中で判明した。変異ウイルス感染者は、女性以外には公表済みの１人だけで、厚労省の担当者は「現段階では面的な広がりがあるとは考えていない」と話している。
　女性は２４日に発症し、２７日に都内の医療機関に入院した。不特定多数との接触は確認されておらず、２人とも重症ではないという。
　厚労省は２９日、成田、羽田両空港に海外から到着した男女２人からも変異ウイルスが検出されたと発表した。国内の合計は５９人になった。（2021/01/29-20:39）

Japan's health ministry on Friday reported three more novel coronavirus variant cases, with the cumulative number of such cases in the nation rising to 59.
   A coronavirus variant spreading in Britain has been found from a Tokyo woman in her 50s, who had close contact with a coronavirus-infected man in his 50s, a resident of the Japanese capital, according to the ministry. Both of them have never been abroad.
   This was the 10th suspected case of community-acquired infection for a variant strain of the novel coronavirus. A detailed examination is underway for the Tokyo man as well, the ministry said.
   The woman's infection with the British variant was discovered as the ministry examined samples collected from some 1,700 people in Tokyo who have tested positive for the novel coronavirus. The woman was hospitalized in Tokyo on Wednesday after developing symptoms on Sunday. Neither the woman nor the man is in severe condition, according to the ministry.
   The British variant was also found from two people who flew to Japan from abroad earlier this month, the ministry said. One of them, a man in his 50s, arrived at Narita International Airport, near Tokyo, on Jan. 21, and the other, a woman in her 20s, flew to Tokyo International Airport at Haneda on Jan. 22. The man and the woman had been to the United Arab Emirates and Britain, respectively.