Kyodo News reports a farmer has tested positive for COVID-19 in Wakayama Prefecture (Japan). He had visited the hospital where the surgeon who was confirmed infected yesterday practiced; however, he had symptoms before he visited the hospital. The surgeon himself still has no known Chinese contacts, and another doctor and patient there have also come down with pneumonia and are being screened.
Nikkei reports a general pattern of Japanese cases that have not been traced back to China yet, including Japan's first death, an 80-year-old Kanagawa Prefecture woman, her son-in-law who is also infected, a confirmed case in Chiba Prefecture, and the Tokyo taxi driver who, despite rumors to the contrary, did not recall transporting any foreign passengers.
On the lighter side, CNN reports on a crafty Russian woman who escaped quarantine in St. Petersburg by short-circuiting the lock on her hospital room. She had tested negative several times and her 14-day quarantine period was up, so it's unclear why she felt the need to break out, or why the government feels the need to prosecute her.
P.S. The Straits Times reports that an anaesthesiologist is Singapore's first healthcare worker to be diagnosed with COVID-19:
The day before he had a fever, the general anaesthesiologist was working in an operating theatre and was feeling perfectly well.
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