Society | Mar 06

Live music scene may be spreading virus in Osaka

The live music scene in Osaka seems to be spreading the new coronavirus.

Osaka Prefectural officials suspect a mass infection with the virus may have occurred at a second live music venue in the region.

This is in addition to a different mass infection at a club in the prefecture that is already suspected.

The officials announced on Wednesday that nine more men and women, from their 30s to 70s, in the prefecture have been confirmed to have the virus. They say none of them are in serious condition.

The officials say three of them attended concerts at a club in the prefecture last month where the first mass infection is suspected.

A total of 15 people who attended the concerts last month were confirmed infected as of Wednesday, with cases reported in Kyoto, Tokyo, and Kumamoto Prefecture.

One of the people, a newly confirmed infected man in his 30s, also attended two concerts at yet a different venue in Osaka last month.

Officials say a total of four people confirmed infected had attended one or more of three concerts held at the club.

The concerts were attended by a total of about 170 to 180 people.

Prefectural officials are calling on those people to contact consultation centers.

Source: ANNnewsCH


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