The quarantine station at Narita airport has been temporarily closed, as one of the airport workers accidentally dropped a glass tube containing a coronavirus reagent. Reports say that the worker dropped the tube earlier this month, contaminating the whole room.

Members of staff who had been working in the room were all tested for the coronavirus, and two of them appeared to test positive. But on further investigation, it was discovered that they were in fact not infected, but the reagent had just got stuck to the inside of their nose, and they were discharged from hospital. While you can’t actually catch the coronavirus from reagents, people who have come into contact with them may appear to test positive, so the quarantine station has been shut down to avoid any more inaccurate test results.

The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare commented “We are in the process of removing the reagents. We will work to improve our safety management in the future.”

Source: ANNnewsCH