Japan: A man in Aichi prefecture is investigated by police for nCoV infection but still goes to a pub and intentionally spread the virus to a flight attendant.

The investigation was conducted on March 13, after police heard that a 30-year-old pub hostess in Aichi Prefecture was positive for nCoV the day before. The flight attendant had contacted the man with nCoV infection earlier this month.

This man in his 50s lives with his parents in Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture. He was tested positive for nCoV on March 4, the day after his parents were infected.

Although local officials recommended that they be isolated at home, he told his parents that he was "going to spread the virus" and went to a bar that night, Gamagori city officials said. The man sat in the bar for about 15 minutes, but did not tell anyone that he was infected with nCoV.

He then went to a Filipino pub, stayed here for about 40 minutes, sang karaoke and put his arms around the waitress sitting next to him. Pub staff reported police and local health center after the man revealed he was positive for nCoV.

Local officials then sent protective clothing workers to the shop, sterilized the scene and looked for people who had contacted him.

The flight attendant living with her family in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture started having a fever on March 8 and had a sore throat. Toyota city officials say she is in stable condition, but will have to be hospitalized soon.

The female host's case increased the number of nCoV infections in Aichi Prefecture to 111, becoming the second-largest province in Japan after Hokkaido. Japan currently records 1,255 infections and 28 deaths, including those on the Diamond Princess.

Covid-19 appeared in 145 countries and territories after the onset in Wuhan, China in December 2019, so far has infected more than 145,000 people, more than 5,400 people died.