Mar 13 , 2020. 1 hour ago – 16:25 KYODO NEWS

NAKOYA – A woman has tested positive for the new coronavirus after coming into contact earlier this month with an infected man who had expressed to others that he wanted to “spread the virus,” according to a central Japanese city government.

The woman in her 30s living with her family in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, was at the same pub as the infected man in his 50s from Gamagori, also in Aichi, on March 4, when he ignored authorities’ instructions to stay indoors, Toyota city officials said Thursday.

The woman developed a fever on March 8 and currently has a sore throat. She is in stable condition but is scheduled to be hospitalized, according to the Toyota city officials.

The man tested positive for the virus on March 4, a day after his parents, with whom he lived, were found to be infected.

He told them he was going to “spread the virus” and went to a bar and a Filipino pub in Gamagori that same night, Gamagori city officials said.

The man stayed at the bar for 15 minutes but did not speak about his infection status.

He then went to the Filipino pub and stayed there for around 40 minutes, singing karaoke, and putting his arm around a female employee who was seated next to him, a source familiar with the matter said.

The man told an employee at the pub that he had tested positive for the virus, leading the outlet to report him to the police and a health center. Following the report, police officers clad in protective gear rushed to the pub, which had to be disinfected by health officials.

The health center also sought those who came into contact with the man.

Including the woman’s case, the number of infections confirmed in Aichi rose to 111, the second largest after Hokkaido among Japan’s 47 prefectures.

COVID-19 is highly contagious pneumonia caused by the new coronavirus, which has infected more than 120,000 people worldwide and claimed over 4,000 lives.

CR: KYODO NEWS