Company Employee in His Fifties; 21st Infection Case within Fukui Prefecture
On March 31st, the confirmation of the 21st case of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) within Fukui Prefecture is of an Awara City company employee in his fifties. On March 18th, the man had come in close contact with a Fukui City company executive (50s), the 1st confirmed case of the prefecture; the man (21st case) is currently self-isolating at home. The announcement was made by Fukui Prefecture on April 1st.