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A 30-year-old Chinese national who had previously travelled to Wuhan developed a fever on 3 January and subsequently returned to Japan on 6 January. He tested positive during a hospital admission between 10 and 15 January. He had not visited the Huanan Seafood Wholesale Market, but possibly had close contact with an affected person in Wuhan.

On 24 January, a second case was confirmed via a Chinese national who visited from Wuhan. On 25 January, the third case was confirmed in a woman from Wuhan.

Japan has been taking extra precautions, due to the upcoming 2020 Summer Olympics being held in Tokyo. Despite this, on 28 January, the fifth, sixth and seventh cases were confirmed in Japan, including a man who has not visited Wuhan. This man was reported to be a tour bus driver who had driven a group from Wuhan earlier in January. The guide of the group has also been confirmed positive to the virus. On 29 January, a Chinese man and woman in their 40s were tested to be positive for the coronavirus in Aichi and in Hokkaido.

On 30 January, it was announced that three Japanese nationals who arrived at Haneda after being evacuated from Wuhan tested positive. Three other cases were confirmed on the same day. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced two Japanese nationals who came back via Haneda refused requests to be further tested and said that officials cannot legally force them to do it.[110] It was announced on 31 January that the two had relented.

From 3 February, Japan will not admit anyone who has history of travelling to and from Hubei Province or has a Chinese passport officially issued to Hubei. In addition, non-Japanese travellers are required to fill out health declaration questionnaires on whether they have (or will) travelled to Hubei within 14 days.

On 6 February, the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare confirmed that 20 passengers on the Diamond Princess were diagnosed to be positive for the virus. Japan Coast Guard officers will be responsible for transporting the infected to nearby hospitals from the port of Yokohama. A Hong Kong national had previously boarded the ship on a cruise, who was tested to be positive for the virus.

Coronavirus: two deaths in Wuhan thought to be first of foreign nationals

9th February 2020 伊桑·湖北武汉 0

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A US national in China has become the first foreigner confirmed to have died from the new coronavirus, while a Japanese man also died after experiencing symptoms consistent with the disease, authorities have said.
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9th February 2020 伊桑·湖北武汉 0

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Another 41 passengers on the Diamond Princess cruise liner moored in the Japanese port of Yokohama have been diagnosed with coronavirus. This brings the total on the ship to 61. By my calculations also raises Japan’s number of confirmed infections to 86.
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Coronavirus: 42 travellers denied entry to Sarawak thus far

9th February 2020 Wolfgang Holzem 0

Of the total, 22 were Chinese nationals, seven from Hong Kong, six from Indonesia, four from Brunei and one each from Great Britain, Japan and Singapore. — Picture via Facebook/ Noor Hisham Abdullah
KUCHING, Feb 7 — The Sarawak Immigration Department has refused entry to a total of 42 foreigners at its visitor arrival screening points from February 1 until 7am this morning, the State Disaster Management Committee on 2019 novel coronavirus said.
In a statement today, the committee said the screenings were done at the airports in Kuching, Sibu, Bintulu, Miri, and Mulu, as well as the Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security (ICQS) border checkpoints at Biawak near Lundu, Sungai Tujoh (Miri) and Mengkalap (Lawas).
“Of the total being refused entry, 22 were Chinese nationals, Hong Kong (seven), Indonesia (six), Brunei (four) and one each from Great Britain, Japan and Singapore. They were refused entry as their passports had shown that they had been to China within the last 14 days,” ..