3 Japanese evacuated from Wuhan have new coronavirus

Agence France-Presse

<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/reuters/01/30/passengers.jpg"/><figcaption>Japanese citizen evacuated by a chartered plane from Wuhan are seen at a terminal building after arriving at Tokyo&#x27;s Haneda airport in Tokyo, Japan in this photo taken by Kyodo January 29, 2020. Kyodo via Reuters</figcaption></figure></div>TOKYO - Three Japanese citizens among more than 200 on a first evacuation flight from China have tested positive for a new strain of coronavirus, Japan&#x27;s health minister said Thursday.The three people arrived in Japan on Wednesday, on the first flight to evacuate Japanese citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a deadly outbreak that has killed 170 people and injected thousands.The three evacuees raise the number of cases in Japan so far to 11, including two people who appear to have contracted the virus without traveling to China.&quot;In addition to the eight cases, among the people who returned from Wuhan yesterday, infection (with the new coronavirus) has been confirmed in one person with symptoms and two other people who have no symptoms,&quot; Health Minister Katsunobu Kato told parliament.Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told lawmakers that the three returnees would be treated in a special medical facility.The new cases come after authorities on Wednesday confirmed a second instance in which a person tested positive for the virus without having traveled to Japan.The woman was a tour guide who worked on the same bus as a driver who also contracted the virus without traveling to China.The driver told authorities he had driven two groups of tourists from Wuhan earlier in January and developed symptoms afterwards.&quot;The eighth case is the second suspected incident of human-to-human transmission in Japan,&quot; Kato said. &quot;We are in a truly new situation.&quot;<div>© Agence France-Presse</div>

The three arrived in Japan on Wednesday, on the first flight to evacuate Japanese citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a deadly outbreak that has killed 170 people and injected thousands.

The three arrived in Japan on Wednesday, on the first flight to evacuate Japanese citizens from the Chinese city of Wuhan, the epicenter of a deadly outbreak that has killed 170 people and injected thousands.

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3 Japanese evacuated from Wuhan have new coronavirus

3 Japanese evacuated from Wuhan have new coronavirus

Agence France-Presse

Published Jan 30, 2020 09:32 AM PHT

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