{"id":129788,"date":"2020-02-20T11:35:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T02:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/?post_type=news&#038;p=129788&#038;lang=en"},"modified":"2020-04-08T11:05:34","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T02:05:34","slug":"first-covid-19-coronavirus-in-fukuoka","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/first-covid-19-coronavirus-in-fukuoka\/","title":{"rendered":"First COVID-19 Coronavirus in Fukuoka"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, February 20, Fukuoka City announced that a Japanese man in his sixties has become infected with COVID-19 (new coronavirus). This is the first confirmed infection involving a resident of Kyushu. The man has reportedly never traveled overseas. <strong>STORY UPDATED HERE:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/more-details-on-fukuokas-first-coronavirus-covid-19-infection\/\">https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/en\/news\/more-details-on-fukuokas-first-coronavirus-covid-19-infection\/<\/a><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-129789\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/%E3%80%90%E9%80%9F%E5%A0%B1%E3%80%91%E6%96%B0%E5%9E%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%80%81%E7%A6%8F%E5%B2%A1%E5%B8%82%E3%81%A6%E3%82%99%E6%84%9F%E6%9F%93%E7%A2%BA%E8%AA%8D%EF%BD%9C%E3%80%90%E8%A5%BF%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%80%91.jpg?resize=804%2C637&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"804\" height=\"637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/%E3%80%90%E9%80%9F%E5%A0%B1%E3%80%91%E6%96%B0%E5%9E%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%80%81%E7%A6%8F%E5%B2%A1%E5%B8%82%E3%81%A6%E3%82%99%E6%84%9F%E6%9F%93%E7%A2%BA%E8%AA%8D%EF%BD%9C%E3%80%90%E8%A5%BF%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%80%91.jpg?w=804&amp;ssl=1 804w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/%E3%80%90%E9%80%9F%E5%A0%B1%E3%80%91%E6%96%B0%E5%9E%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%80%81%E7%A6%8F%E5%B2%A1%E5%B8%82%E3%81%A6%E3%82%99%E6%84%9F%E6%9F%93%E7%A2%BA%E8%AA%8D%EF%BD%9C%E3%80%90%E8%A5%BF%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%80%91.jpg?resize=300%2C238&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/%E3%80%90%E9%80%9F%E5%A0%B1%E3%80%91%E6%96%B0%E5%9E%8B%E3%82%B3%E3%83%AD%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A6%E3%82%A4%E3%83%AB%E3%82%B9%E3%80%81%E7%A6%8F%E5%B2%A1%E5%B8%82%E3%81%A6%E3%82%99%E6%84%9F%E6%9F%93%E7%A2%BA%E8%AA%8D%EF%BD%9C%E3%80%90%E8%A5%BF%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E3%83%8B%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%80%91.jpg?resize=768%2C608&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 804px) 100vw, 804px\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, February 20, Fukuoka City announced that a Japanese man in his sixties has become infected with COVID-19 (new coronavirus). This is the first confirmed infection involving a resident of Kyushu. The man has reportedly never traveled overseas. We will post more information as it becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":129789,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","tags":[5175],"class_list":["post-129788","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-corona","location-fukuoka-city","news-category-general","en-US"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/129788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=129788"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/129789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=129788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fukuoka-now.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=129788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}