時事通信内勤社員がコロナ感染

　時事通信社（東京都中央区）は１９日、東京本社編集局の内勤社員が新型コロナウイルスに感染したと発表した。社員は１６日に発熱し、ＰＣＲ検査を受け陽性と確認された。
　同社は、九州豪雨取材のため熊本県に出張中だったカメラマンが新型コロナに感染したと１６日に発表。今回の感染者は社内で業務をしており、カメラマンとの接触も確認されていない。
　社員の勤務する編集フロアの消毒は１９日に実施。同社は「取材先・取引先を含むコミュニティーの感染防止、安全確保に全力で取り組むとともに、取材・報道活動等の事業活動の継続に努めてまいります」としている。（2020/07/19-18:06）

Jiji Press Ltd. said Sunday that an employee on desk duty of the major Japanese news agency has been confirmed to be infected with the novel coronavirus.
   The employee, who belongs to the editing office at the Jiji Press headquarters in Tokyo, was found positive for the virus in a polymerase chain reaction test after developing a fever on Thursday.
   A Jiji press photographer who was dispatched to Kumamoto Prefecture, southwestern Japan, to cover the recent rain disaster there has already been found to be infected with the virus. The case of the photographer was announced on Thursday.
   The employee on desk duty did not have contact with the photographer, according to the news agency.
   In a statement on Sunday, Jiji Press said, "We will continue our news-gathering and reporting activities while doing all we can to prevent infection among people we contact for our reporting activities, our business partners and others in communities concerned and to ensure their safety."