The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in the Japanese Imperial Family is unclear about the route of infection

According to the Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) reported on February 9, Yaoko Mikasa, a member of the Japanese imperial family, was admitted to the Affiliated Hospital of the University of Tokyo Medical Faculty for hospitalization on the 9th due to symptoms of new coronavirus pneumonia.

Screenshot of NHK report in Japan

Japan's Miyauchi Agency said that Mikasa Miyagiya Yaoko developed symptoms of sore throat on the 7th, and on the afternoon of the 8th, doctors from Miyauchi Agency Hospital went to her residence in Akasaka Imperial Land to conduct nucleic acid testing to confirm the infection with the new crown virus, which was the first case of confirmed new coronavirus infection in the Japanese Imperial Family.

According to the U.S. Agency, at present, The symptoms of the new crown virus in Yaoko Mikasa Are medium and there are no symptoms such as fever, but the test results show that there are symptoms of pneumonia.

Mikasa Miyoko yaoko is the great-granddaughter of Emperor Taisho of Japan, the second daughter of Prince Hirohito and Princess Nobuko Ofehito, and is a female royal family outside the 3rd generation of Emperor Taisho's direct lineage, and was crowned queen.

At present, Yaoko Mikasa lives alone, and the route of infection is unknown.