グレタさん、新型コロナ感染の可能性　自主隔離し回復

【ストックホルムＡＦＰ＝時事】スウェーデンの環境活動家グレタ・トゥンベリさん（17）は24日、自身が新型コロナウイルスに感染していた可能性が「とても高い」ことを明らかにした。中欧を訪問した後、複数の症状が出たという。（写真はベルギーの首都ブリュッセルでの集会に参加したトゥンベリさん）
　トゥンベリさんはインスタグラムへの投稿で「１０日ほど前に症状をいくつか感じ始めた（中略）倦怠（けんたい）感や悪寒、のどの痛み、せきがあった」と説明。症状が出たのは中欧歴訪から戻った後で、父親と共に予防措置として自主隔離を行ったとしている。
　スウェーデンの感染者は２４日現在で２２７２人。ただし同国で検査対象になるのは、病院での治療が必要な重症者と、感染による危険度が高い人々と関わる仕事をする人に限られている。
　このためトゥンベリさんは検査を受けていないものの、「諸症状と状況を考えると」新型ウイルスに感染した可能性は「とても高い」と説明。現在はおおむね回復したが、「体調不良はほぼ感じなかった」として、他の人々に対し注意を促した。
　トゥンベリさんは特に若者に対し、症状の軽い人は感染に気付かないまま、感染に弱い人々にうつす可能性があると説明。「リスク集団に属さない私たちには重大な責任がある。私たちの行動は、多くの人の生死を分けるかもしれない」と訴えた。【翻訳編集ＡＦＰＢＢＮｅｗｓ】

〔ＡＦＰ＝時事〕（2020/03/25-12:15）

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg said Tuesday that it was extremely likely that she had contracted the new coronavirus, after experiencing several symptoms following a trip to central Europe.
Around ten days ago I started feeling some symptoms... I was feeling tired, had shivers, a sore throat and coughed, the teenage climate champion said in an Instagram post.
Thunberg said the symptoms emerged after she returned from a trip around central Europe, and that she and her father had isolated themselves as a precaution.
As of Tuesday, Sweden had reported 2,272 confirmed cases, but only those with severe symptoms in need of hospital care and staff working with at risk groups are tested.
Therefore, Thunberg said she had not been tested, but said it's extremely likely that she had it, given the combined symptoms and circumstances.
The 17-year-old also said she had now basically recovered, but cautioned others, saying she almost didn?t feel ill.
She warned that others, especially young people, only experiencing mild symptoms might not know they have the virus and can pass it on to people in risk groups.
We who don?t belong to a risk group have an enormous responsibility, our actions can be the difference between life and death for many others, she said.
In early March, Thunberg, who spearheaded the school strike for climate movement, called for a digital protest so as to avoid large gatherings that could exacerbate the spread of the new coronavirus.
She had invited activists to post photos of themselves with the word #ClimateStrikeOnline every Friday instead of attending demonstrations in the streets.