An ambulance carrying evacuees from Wuhan, China, arrives at Ebara Hospital in Tokyo Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020 after the first group of Japanese evacuees returned from the virus-hit Chinese city. - Kyodo News via AP
TOKYO (AFP): Three Japanese evacuated from the epicentre of a deadly new coronavirus outbreak have tested positive for the illness, the government said Thursday (Jan 30) as it faced criticism for the country's minimal quarantine measures.
The new cases were announced as a second evacuation flight from Wuhan landed in Tokyo, and the government confirmed a second case of apparent person-to-person transmission of the virus in Japan.
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