A man infected with the novel coronavirus who went to a Filipino pub earlier this month saying he wanted to "spread the virus" died Wednesday at a hospital in central Japan, investigative sources said.
After testing positive with the pneumonia-causing virus on March 4, the 57-year-old man from Gamagori, Aichi Prefecture, went to the pub in the city that evening despite a request by health officials that he stay home. Local authorities said they did not have the power to prohibit him from going out.
Police launched an investigation into the man, whose identity has not been released, last Friday after a woman in her 30s working at the pub tested positive for the virus that causes COVID-19. The woman's nationality has not been disclosed.